First of August, Wattle Day

Primary Artist

Pamela Griffith (1943–)

Title

First of August, Wattle Day

Date made

1980

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint printed in colour, from two zinc plates

Matrix size

61.0 x 45.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove C.M.Fabriano paper

Support size

75.5 x 56.0 cm (sheet)

State

2nd state

Impression

artist's proof

Edition information

edition of 40

Production notes

Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Unbevelled double plate. Black plate hard ground only. Yellow plate soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Pamela Griffith'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artists Proof State II'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Wattle Day' '.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1204

Accession number

94.793

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.

Credit line

Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994

Copyright

© Pamela Griffith

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Unbevelled double plate. Black plate hard ground only. Yellow plate soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint.

Creators

Hanks, Rew. | (1958–) Australian | Male | printer

GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher

GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist

Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer

GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013