Relativity.
Primary Artist
Roger Kemp (1908–1987)
Title
Source
40/40 prints. Melbourne: Crossley Editions, 1972
Reference
Kolenberg (1991), 44
Date made
1972 (dated)
Place made
Winfield Building, Collins Street, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from two zinc plates
Matrix size
101.3 x 101.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
2 sheets of Japanese Torinoko paper
Production notes
Tate Adams commissioned Kemp’s large-scale etching 'Relativity' 1972 which was originally created to form part of the Crossley Editions 40/40 prints portfolio. Due to its large size it was printed on the Baldessin studio press in Winfield Building, Collins Street.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Roger Kemp 72'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ed [illeg] Relativity'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Publisher's blindstamp 'ec' [in monogram, within rectangle]
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
44553
Accession number
73.328.A-B
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Acquisitions Committee, Melbourne, Meeting 3 (1973-04-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Acquisitions Committee (Australian National Gallery), Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, 11 April 1973.
Credit line
Purchased 1973
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Kemp, Roger. | (1908–1987) Australian | Male | artist
Crossley Editions. | (1966–1972) Australian | Organisation | publisher
BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | printer
Last Updated
06 Jan 2013