The Great Rock
Primary Artist
Lloyd Rees (1895–1988)
Title
Reference
Kolenberg (1986), 21
Date made
1977
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground-etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
20.0 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove Velin Arches 250 gsm paper
Support size
37.8 x 52.8 cm (sheet)
State
Only state; Published state
Impression
5/90
Edition information
edition of 90; plus 10 artist's proof inscribed in pencil, 'AP'.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black ballpoint pen, 'Lloyd Rees 24.4.77'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '5/90'
Subject description
Landscape of Uluru (Ayre's Rock), Northern Territory.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
33541
Accession number
78.783
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1978/79 (1978-09-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Port Jackson Press, Sydney, September 1978.
Credit line
Purchased 1978
Copyright
© Alan and Jancis Rees
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Rees, Lloyd. | (1895–1988) Australian | Male | artist
PORT JACKSON PRESS | (1975–) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Miller, Max. | (1940–) Australian | Male | printer