Sleeping village

Primary Artist

Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009)

Title

Sleeping village

Date made

1977

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in colour, from four blocks

Matrix size

62.0 x 57.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin oriental style paper, with oriental style fabric mount

State

published state

Impression

4/10

Edition information

edition of 10

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'LESBIA THORPE'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'SLEEPING VILLAGE'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '2/10'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

97587

Accession number

89.997

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 9, 1988/89 (1989-06-29)

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the NGA, June 1989.

Credit line

Gift of Lesbia Thorpe 1989

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Thorpe, Lesbia. | (1919–2009) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013