"One moonlight night on the banks of the turbid Amazon, Painted Jaguar found Stickly, Prickly Hedgehog and Slow and Solid Tortoise under the branch of a fallen tree"
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Primary Artist
Lorna Nimmo (1920–1990)
Title
Date made
1939
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, East Sydney Technical College View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in six colour from three blocks,
Matrix size
16.4 x 17.4 cm (printed image)
Support
cream laid Japanese paper
Support size
27.2 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 10
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1286
Accession number
94.978
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Gift of Christine Jensen, Sydney, June 1994.
Credit line
Gift of Christine Jensen 1994
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Never published or previously exhibited. Edition 10. Printed with 3 blocks, the first block printed twice.
Creators
Nimmo, Lorna. | (1920–1990) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013