Sappho of Lesbos..
Primary Artist
Hermia Boyd (1931–2000)
Title
Physical description
Folio book 2 cover pages, introduction and illustrated with 18 coloured aquatint etchings. Greek and English text printed by Harbour Press, Sydney; cover and title page printed by Edwards and Shaw, Sydney
Source
Sappho of Lesbos
Page or Plate number
collection record
Date made
1978
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print types
intaglio | relief
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
5/30
Edition information
proposed edition of 30 (but only 15 sets printed. The image 'Someone I tell you', printed only faintly, so it was decided to stop the edition at 15 and rework the plate. This did not eventuate).
Production notes
Information regarding the printing of the edition was supplied by Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney to Roger Butler, 8 February 1996.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
33668
Accession number
1978.841.1-20
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1978/79 (1978-09-12)
Credit line
Purchased 1978
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Information regarding the edition was given to Roger Butler in the 8th Feb 1996 from Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.
Creators
Sharma, Satish. | (1939–) Indian | Male | printer
Boyd, Hermia. | (1931–2000) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013