the beauty contest
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Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1978
Category
Technique
etching, printed in brown/black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 31.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
7/10
Edition information
edition of 10
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '78'. Inscribed lower centre below plate mark in black pencil, 'the Beauty Contest'. Inscribed lower left below plate mark in black pencil, '7/10'. Erased inscription lower left below current editioning.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
10847
Accession number
97.1604
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1997/98 (1997-09-11)
Provenance
Gift of the artist through her estate to the NGA, September 1997.
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1995
Country of context
Australia
Creators
SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013