The little boy and the stars.
Primary Artist
William Gleeson (1927–1999)
Title
Date made
1954 – c.1956
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from four zinc plates
Matrix size
36.2 x 47.4 cm (image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
39.2 x 52.9 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in purple pen, 'Will Gleeson'. Titled lower left below image in purple pen, 'The Boy & the Stars'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Gleeson 5' [5 encircled]. Inscribed verso by Harry Rosengrave?, 'Exhibited in 'Prints by the Melbourne Graphic Aratists' at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956. Catalogue No. 42 'The Little Boy and the Stars ... colour lithograph & linocut'. Exhibited in 5th International Biennale of contemporary colour lithography, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1958'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40881
Accession number
86.169
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Copyright
This work appears on screen courtesy of the artist
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Tertiary inscriptions [verso] by Harry Rosengrave? Exhibited in "Prints by the Melbourne Graphic Aratists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956. Catalogue No. 42 "The Little Boy and the Stars ... colour lithograph
Creators
Gleeson, William. | (1927–1999) Australian | Male | artist