The Great Rock

Primary Artist

Lloyd Rees (1895–1988)

Title

The Great Rock

Reference

Kolenberg (1986), 21

Date made

1977

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013