Fish over a landscape.
Primary Artist
Len French (1928–2017)
Title
Date made
1963
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Gallery A Print Workshop, 275 Toorak Road, South Yarra View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from three zinc plates
Matrix size
75.0 x 55.3 cm (printed image)
Support
thick white wove Barcham Green paper
Support size
80.5 x 57.0 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image in pencil,; incribed lower right, pencil title and edition number.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Publisher's blindstamp lower right corner, symbol of the National Gallery of Victoria. Printer's blindstamp lower right corner 'A'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
45908
Accession number
64.56
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
C.A.A.B. Meeting (19 October 1964)
Provenance
Purchased from the National Gallery Society of Victoria, October 1964.
Credit line
Purchased 1964
Copyright
© Leonard French. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
Country of context
Australia
Notes
One of a set of five lithographs commissioned by the National Gallery Society of Victoria. The artists were Albert Tucker, Leonard Hessing, Leonard French, John Olsen and Fred Williams. All were printed by Janet Dawson at Gallery A Print Workshop, Melbourne. All editions (except the Hessings) were printed in two runs. The first of thirty was printed in 1963; the second 20 in 1964. The Hessing print was executed and printed in 1964.
Creators
French, Len. | (1928–2017) Australian | Male | artist
Gallery A Print Workshop [Melbourne]. | (1962–1964) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
National Gallery Society of Victoria. | (1947–) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Dawson, Janet. | (1935–) Australian | Female | printer
Last Updated
14 Sep 2012