The Spirit of Light
Primary Artist
Christian Waller (1894–1954)
Title
Source
The Great Breath, by Christian Waller. Melbourne: Golden Arrow Press, 1932
Page or Plate number
plate 1
Date made
1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
31.7 x 13.5 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Edition information
proposed book edition of 150 (only about 30 bound up, the numbering was not chronological but based on the numerology of the purchaser); additional proofs.
Subject description
Female figure in the form of a shaft of light intersecting a black space of spiralling bubbles. Zodiac symbol for Leo appears top right.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
32159
Accession number
77.213
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1976/77 (1977-05-31)
Provenance
Purchased from Important Women Artists, Melbourne, 31 May 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Subject category
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist