Greeting card: Christmas

Primary Artist

Christian Waller (1894–1954)

Title

Greeting card: Christmas

Reference

Butler (1992), 21

Date made

1924 – c.1926

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from two blocks

Matrix size

9.4 x 6.8 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

19.2 x 14.9 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print-run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Xmas Greetings'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'from the Wallers'.

Subject description

Woman smelling magnolia blossoms by moonlight.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91269

Accession number

83.1277

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 1983. From the auction, ' Australian Graphics', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 19 October 1982.

Credit line

Purchased 1983

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013