The backyard of my house
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1982
Date details
1990, printed
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
39.0 x 24.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
50.4 x 30.8 cm (sheet)
Impression
final proof
Production notes
Mitzi worked on this plate on top of someone else's design. The plate had been discarded, and Mitzi retrieved it and worked on it.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer 82/90'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'The Backyard of my house' '. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'FINAL PROOF'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
167949
Accession number
92.862
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1992/93 (1992-08-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1992.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1992
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Mitzi worked on this plate on top of someone else's design. The plate had been discarded, and Mitzi retrieved it and worked on it.
Creators
SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013