Landscape
Primary Artist
Guy Grey-Smith (1916–1981)
Title
Date made
1975
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Darlington View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
20.2 x 36.2 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
27.6 x 46.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
20/58
Edition information
edition of 58
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower left within printed image in blue ball-point pen, 'G. Grey Smith / '75'. Inscribed lower left within printed image in blue ballpoint pen, '20/58' Titled lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'LANDSCAPE'
Subject description
Landscape formed by turning image of sheoak on its side.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
156496
Accession number
93.636
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1992/93 (1993-06-23)
Provenance
With the artist until his death in 1981. By descent to Mark Grey Smith, the artist's son. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Mark Grey Smith, Canberra June 1993.
Credit line
Gift of Mark Grey Smith, the artist's son 1993
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Note in Hendrik Kolenberg's 1976 catalogue Guy Grey Smith - Prints "1st woodcut? (or one of the first) an upturned sheoak (the artist turned block on its side to make a landscape)"
Creators
Grey-Smith, Guy | (1916–1981) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013