Primary Artist

Stacha Halpern (1919–1969)

Title

not titled [Carcass]

Date made

1958

Place made

Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in relief as gouache monotype, from one plate

Matrix size

30.4 x 30.8 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove Arches BFK Rives paper

Support size

65.0 x 49.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: lower right and upper left edges, 'BFK RIVES'

Impression

proof (epreuve originale)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Halpern/ [illeg.] 1958'. Inscribed with edition deatils lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Epreuve originale'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

20 [JG]

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91121

Accession number

83.1217

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Beth Halpern (the artist’s widow), Victoria, 1983.

Credit line

Purchased 1983

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Halpern, Stacha. | (1919–1969) Australian | French | Male | artist

Last Updated

06 Jan 2013