Primary Artist

Neil Emmerson (1956–)

Title

Forbidden colours - for Mishima.

Source

Forbidden colours - for Mishima: a suite of 7 prints

Page or Plate number

collection record

Date made

1999

Place made

Asia, Japan View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcuts, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Support

cream Washi, Japanese hand-made Uwasen DHM-9 paper

Support size

32.5 x 87.0 cm (sheet (each))

Edition information

edition of 2

Production notes

'A suite of 7 Japanese-style woodblock prints (printed by hand with the barren using watercolour and rice paste from blocks cut from Japanese Shena board)' Work made while Emmerson was artist-in-residence at Nagasawa Art Park, Awaji Island, Japan, in 1999. Exhibited Sanko Gallery, Kobe, Japan, late November 1999. [see artists file 96/241]

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

23761

Accession number

2000.129.A-G

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1999/2000 (2000-06-20)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Sydney, 2000.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2000

Country of context

Australia

Notes

"A suite of 7 Japanese-style woodblock prints (printed by hand with the barren using watercolour and rice paste from blocks cut from Japanese Shena board)" Ref: file 96/241 Work made while Emmerson was artist-in-residence at Nagasawa Art Park, Awaji Island, Japan, in 1999. Exhibited Sanko Gallery, Kobe, Japan, late November 1999.

Creators

Emmerson, Neil. | (1956–) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013