Flick book.
Primary Artist
Jennifer Marshall (1944–)
Title
Physical description
handbound book of 32 pp of linocut images. Presented in black cloth-covered case
Date made
1980 – 1980, July
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
19.8 x 21.0 cm (book (closed))
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
3/5
Edition information
edition of 5
Production notes
Artists comment: Each linoleum block was worked on with an assortment of v-shaped gouges. The marks were cut directly into the surface without making preliminary drawings on paper or on the block itself. The result is akin to wood engraving due both to the fineness of the line and the fact that, when printed the line is white on a dark ground. The book was printed in 2 editions, the first a hand-printed edition of 6 black letterpress ink rolled on the surface, a sheet of dampened paper (Arches Ingres 85 g.s.m) placed on top and both run through the press (Hilldav etching). A second edition of 75 was printed by commercial offset, by the Wentworth Press, Sydney and published by Tamarisque. The pages were printed 4 up on Strathmore charcoal paper, and then guillotined. (The plates were made as a result of photographing each proof on a Repco Graphic Arts Camera; the liths used were 2nd generation negatives.) Both editions are hand bound. [Art & Australia, vol 19, no. 3, Autumn 1982, p. 277.]
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed dated and inscribed with edition details, lower right 2nd last page, in black ink, 'J.MARSHALL/ 3/5 1980'. Signed dated and inscribed with edition details, lower right last page, in black pencil, 'J.MARSHALL/ 3/5 1980'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
66656
Accession number
87.427
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1986/87 (1987-03-10)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Subject category
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Marshall, Jennifer. | (1944–) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013