Springtime
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1979
Date details
1986, printed
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map
Category
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