Primary Artist

Christian Waller (1894–1954)

Title

(Thomas and the Persian) [recto]; Thomas and the Persian [verso]

Source

The gates of dawn

Date made

1932

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

21.0 x 15.5 cm (printed image)

Support

cream lithographic paper

Support size

22.8 x 17.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Subject description

A black and a white cat with stars and moon behind.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59278

Accession number

79.1836AB

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)

Provenance

With the artist at her death in 1956. Collection of Klytie Pate, neice of the artist. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, August 1979; From the exhibition, 'Christian waller 1895/1956', Melbourne: Deutsher Galleries, 8 September - 30 September 1978, cat. no., 190, (illistrated), as 'Kindly lent by Klytie Pate'.

Credit line

Purchased 1979

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist