Primary Artist

Murray Griffin (1903–1992)

Title

The fossicker

Reference

Bunbury (1998), 10

Date made

1932

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

16.2 x 21.5 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

25.0 x 27.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

10/50

Edition information

edition of 50

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed in block l.c.l. 'V.M.G.'. Signed on image lower right white gouache 'MG [in black square]'. Signed and dated lower right below image in pencil, 'Murray Griffin '32'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in pencil, '10/50'. Titled l.c. (below image) pencil ''The Fossicker''.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

126838

Accession number

2003.49

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 5, 2002/2003 (26 March 2003)

Provenance

The artist untill his death in 1991. By descent to Nicholas Griffin, the artist's son, Melbourne, 1991. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 2003.

Credit line

Purchased with assistance from the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2003

Country of context

Australia

Creators

GRIFFIN, Murray | (1903–1992) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012