Primary Artist

A. Turner (1967–)

Title

The Broadsheet 2: The Great Australian Summer - 9 individual prints by 4 artists on one sheet.

Source

The broardsheet, Melbourne, 1967 - 70.

Page or Plate number

no.2

Reference

Smith (1981), 66

Date made

1967

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, 263 Spencer St View on map Close map

Category

Poster

Print type

relief

Technique

relief, printed in colour, from two blocks,

Matrix size

16.6 x 21.8 cm (printed image)

Support

wove M.G.lithographic paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

1/750

Edition information

print run of 750

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

179278

Accession number

93.1599

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Udo Sellbach, 1993.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1993

Subject categories

Anti-war | Australia, Art style: Social Realism

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Poster consists of "One or two great Australian Summers Moving slowly", "Bake-in", "Summer, the great Australians", "The subtle game has just begun and in the dark dull burns the sun". Includes poems by Stan Demidjuk, John Manifold, Ron Gray, Barry Reid, Russell Deebie.

Creators

LEACH-JONES, Alun | (1937–2017) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Turner, A. | (1967–) Australian | artist

Counihan, Noel. | (1913–1986) Australian | Male | artist

Dickie, Peter. | (1960–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013