Still life
Primary Artist
Florence Higgs (1918–2006)
Title
Date made
1953 – c.1955
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks
Matrix size
25.0 x 30.4 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
30.0 x 40.2 cm (sheet (irregular))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/25
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Flower rightnce M. Higgs'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Still Life'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '4/25'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 22'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40946
Accession number
86.201
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Support scorched and water damaged. Exhibited in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 12 May 1955. Cat. No. 20 "Still Life ... Colour Lino-cut".
Creators
Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013