Wind and rain (Ruach V'Geshem)
Primary Artist
Bill Meyer (1942–)
Title
Wind and rain (Ruach V'Geshem)
Other titles
Ruach V'Geshem.
Source
Water hole bush - etchings series. Melbourne: the artist, 1980-89.
Reference
Meyer (list), 346
Work number
set 28, AFM 299
Date made
1988
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Port Jackson Press, 397 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in burnt umber with plate-tone, from one zinc plate
Matrix size
45.0 x 33.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove Arches paper
Support size
57.0 x 38.3 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: 'ARCHES/FRANCE'
State
published state
Impression
state proof
Edition information
proposed edition of 30, only18 printed; plus state proofs and artist proofs
Production notes
12 editions in the set edition printed on BFK Rives and Velin Blanc paper Bill Meyer with Port Jackson Press equity.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Bill Meyer'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ruach V'Geshen [in Hebrew] - 'Wind and Rain''. Inscribed with impression details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'S/P'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
134259
Accession method
Proposed Gift
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, 2004.
Credit line
Gift of Bill Meyer 2005
Copyright
© Bill Meyer
Creators
MEYER, Bill | (1942–) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013