Selwyn Tebbutt in profile

Primary Artist

Fred Williams (1927–1982)

Title

Selwyn Tebbutt in profile

Reference

Mollison (1968), 94, i/i

Date made

1955 – 1955-56

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

12.4 x 8.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

brown hand-made paper

Support size

17.6 x 14.0 cm (sheet)

State

1st and only state

Impression

proof A

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Fred Williams'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'JM 94 i/i' [JG '87].

Subject description

Portrait of artist Selwyn Tebbutt in profile.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91323

Accession number

83.1296

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Gift of James Mollison to the NGA, May 1983.

Credit line

Gift of James Mollison 1983.

Copyright

© Fred Williams Estate

Country of context

Australia

Creators

WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013