Primary Artist

Eileen Mayo (1906–1994)

Title

Australia (The Great Barrier Reef)

Date made

1959 – (1959)

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Poster

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones

Matrix size

100.8 x 63.4 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove lithographic paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

2530

Accession number

93.2379

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)

Provenance

With the artist until her death in New Zealand in 1994. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Margaret MacKean-Taylor, legatee of the estate, Palmerston North, New Zealand, October 1993. The estate was divided by the place of production of works. British work was deposited with the Victorian and Albert Museum, London; Australian work with the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; and New Zealand work with New Zealand collections.

Credit line

Gift of Margaret MacKean-Taylor 1993

Subject category

Australia, travel poster: Queensland

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Poster no.118 "The Great Barrier Reef poster was chosen as one of seven best international posters of 1959/60". Cassidy, Jill "Eileen Mayo, painter/designer" 1992 National Library of New Zealand, Wellington p 27.

Creators

Australian National Travel Association. | (1934–1970) Australian | Organisation | client

Mayo, Eileen. | (1906–1994) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Female | artist

McLaren. | Australian | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013