Kookaburras

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Kookaburras' | Date: 1923 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Kookaburras

Reference

Butler (1987), 25

Date made

1923

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

Matrix size

17.0 x 13.5 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

24.6 x 21.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition of 50, uncoloured; edition unknown, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret R Preston'. Not dated.

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: two kookaburras on a gum tree (eucalyptus) branch.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90523

Accession number

84.166

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

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

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from E.H. Castle, New South Wales, November 1984;

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1984

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013