Bowl of native flowers.

Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Bowl of native flowers.

Other titles

Native flowers, A bush posy

Reference

Butler (1987), 89

Date made

1925

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

12.8 x 12.6 cm (printed image)

Support

cream Japanese paper

Support size

19.5 x 19.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

8/50

Edition information

edition of 50, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'native flowers'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '8th copy'.

Subject description

Still life arrangement of native Australian flora.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90517

Accession number

84.1658

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1984/85 (1984-11-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1984

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1984

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Subject category

Still life

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013