The wool quilt makers.
Primary Artist
Dorrit Black (1891–1951)
Title
Reference
North (1979), L40; Coppel (1995), DB42
Date made
1939 – (c.1941)
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks
Matrix size
23.4 x 31.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thin soft white oriental paper
Support size
26.7 x 42.0 cm (sheet)
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Subject description
World War II scene of South Australian women making quilts for the war effort in England.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
83929
Accession number
82.605
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist's family, Adelaide, July 1982.
Credit line
Purchased 1982
Subject categories
War: second world war, 1939-1945 | Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Black, Dorrit. | (1891–1951) Australian | Female | artist