The hostage.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Date made
1993
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown/black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 10.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove fabriano paper
Support size
28.5 x 9.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: upper left corner, 'C M'
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right 'Margaret Cilento 1993'. Titled lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Hostage'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artists Proof'.
Subject description
Abstracted figure in restricted sitting position.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
11739
Accession number
97.1017
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1996/97 (1997-06-23)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Adam Galleries, Melbourne, 1997.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1997
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013