Primary Artist

Christian Waller (1894–1954)

Title

The Sorceress.

Reference

Butler (1992), 15

Date made

1920 – c.1922

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

23.0 x 19.0 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

37.0 x 28.3 cm (sheet (irregular))

State

published state

Impression

7/35

Edition information

edition of 35

Subject description

Medieval sorceress walking a leopard on a lead.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

30131

Accession number

78.599

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1978/79 (1978-07-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.37, ((illustrated).

Credit line

Purchased 1978

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013