The wave [1].
Primary Artist
Murray Griffin (1903–1992)
Title
Reference
Bunbury (1998), 35
Date made
1934
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks
Matrix size
27.7 x 35.5 cm (printed image)
Support
buff wove paper on cream wove paper
Support size
34.4 x 39.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
14/14
Edition information
edition of 14
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and titled in block lower centre, 'THE WAVE/ VMG [initials in monogram]'. Signed and dated lower right below image in pencil, 'Murray Griffin - 34 -'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in pencil, 'No.14. Edition 14'. Titled lower centre (below image) in pencil, ''The Wave''.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre on backing paper in pencil, 'Mount'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
126839
Accession number
2003.50
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 2002/2003 (26 March 2003)
Provenance
The artist untill his death in 1991. By descent to Nicholas Griffin, the artist's son, Melbourne, 1991. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 2003.
Credit line
Purchased with assistance from the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2003
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GRIFFIN, Murray | (1903–1992) Australian | Male | artist