Springtime

Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

Springtime

Date made

1979

Date details

1986, printed

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

16.6 x 12.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick wove paper

Support size

38.2 x 27.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

second edition, 2/10

Edition information

edition of 10

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '79/86'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Springtime'/ SECOND EDITION '86'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/10'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp lower right, Bill Young Studios, Melbourne

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

167914

Accession number

92.84

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1992/93 (1992-08-26)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1992.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1992

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Place of execution Perth/Melbourne. The plate was cut in 1979, and a second edition printed.

Creators

SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist

Young, Bill. | (1952–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

06 Jan 2013