Ferntree gully

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Ferntree gully' | Date: 1946 | Technique: b'monotype, printed in colour, from one masonite sheet' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Ferntree gully

Reference

Butler (1987), 299

Date made

1946

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

monoprint

Technique

monotype, printed in colour, from one masonite sheet

Matrix size

37.2 x 35.0 cm (printed image)

Support

Japanese paper

Support size

44.0 x 41.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

unique impression; no edition

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Not dated. Titled lower left below image in black pencil, 'Ferntree gully monotype'.

Subject description

Australian bush scene of gully heavily wooded with fern trees (polyscias filicifolia) and gum trees (eucalytpus).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

47180

Accession number

59.35

Accession method

Unknown

Provenance

Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from an unidentified vendo, January 1959.

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013