Once upon a time
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1979 – 1979-83
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, drypoint, printed in black ink, from one plate, hand-coloured
Matrix size
18.4 x 20.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
textured cream wove paper
Support size
29.2 x 35.0 cm (sheet)
Impression
Unique no.1
Edition information
edition of 6 unique printings
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '79/83'. Inscribed lower centre below plate mark in black pencil, ' 'Once upon a time' (Hand-coloured in .'83)'. Inscribed lower left below plate mark in black pencil, 'Unique No.1'. Erased inscriptions beneath current editioning and title.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
10852
Accession number
97.1515
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1997/98 (1997-09-11)
Provenance
Gift of the artist through her estate to the NGA, September 1997.
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1995
Country of context
Australia
Notes
All inscriptions except "Shearer '79" are not original (added at later date, presumably 1983, with hand-colouring).
Creators
SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist