Primary Artist

Joyce Allen (1916–1992)

Title

Torment.

Date made

1964

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in colour, from two plates

Matrix size

19.4 x 22.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

25.0 x 27.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Joyce Allen 1964'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Torment'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'AP'.

Subject description

People crowded into all-over design.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

140746

Accession number

2001.197

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2001/2002 (2001-10-05)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, October 2001; From the exhibition, 'Viable dialogue: Joyce Allen', Canberra: Helen Maxwell Gallery, 29 June - 29 July 2001, cat. no., 3.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2001

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Allen, Joyce. | (1916–1992) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013