Boy with a bicycle
Primary Artist
Bea Maddock (1934–2016)
Title
Reference
QVMAG (2011), 423; Maddock (1999), 74
Date made
1964
Date details
1965, printed
Place made
Australia Australia, Australia Australia, Victoria Tasmania, Melbourne Launceston, Reed Street, South Melbourne St John Street View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from two abutted copper plates
Support
cream wove T.H. Saunders paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/10
Edition information
edition of 4 printed in sepia ink in Hobart 1964; edition of 10 printed in black ink in Launceston 1965
Production notes
The plates were produced in 1964 while the artist was living at Reed Street South Melbourne. Impressions were printed in sepia ink in October 1964 at Battery Point, Hobart. The edition was printed at the artists studio, St John Street, Launceston in 1965. In the 2002 reissue of the Melbourne drypoints, printed by John Loane, Viridian Press, the two plates were printed on seperate sheets and titled Bicycle I, and Bicycle II
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Bea. M.'. no date. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Boy with a Bicycle'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4/10'.
Subject description
Boy riding bicycle and boy carrying a damaged bicycle.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
38335
Accession number
76.485.30
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1976/77 (1976-08-10)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, Hobart, 1976.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Country of context
Australia
Creators
MADDOCK, Bea | (1934–2016) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013