Brace-boy ... first step to the pits.
Primary Artist
Noel Counihan (1913–1986)
Title
Brace-boy ... first step to the pits.
Source
The miners, a set of six linocuts, Melbourne: the artist, 1947.
Page or Plate number
no.6
Reference
Smith (1981), 13a
Date made
1947
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
22.0 x 15.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thick cream wove M.G. lithographic paper
Support size
51.0 x 38.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
22/50
Edition information
edition of 50, printed by James Flett
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Noel Counihan '47'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Brace-boy ...first step to the pits'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '22/50'.
Subject description
Head of a young male coal-mine worker.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
36094
Accession number
74.166
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Acquisitions Committee, Canberra, Meeting 11 (1974-04-18)
Provenance
Purchased by the Acquisition Committee of the future Australian National Gallery, from Langsam Galleries, Melbourne, April 1974.
Credit line
Purchased 1974
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Social Realism
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Counihan, Noel. | (1913–1986) Australian | Male | artist
Flett, James. | (1906–1986) Australian | Male | printer