Barramundi dreaming.
Primary Artist
Queenie Mckenzie (1930–1998)
Title
Date made
1996
Place made
Australia, Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, Red Hand Prints View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint and sugar-lift, printed in red oxide ink, from one plate
Matrix size
34.4 x 49.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thick off-white wove Arches paper
Support size
56.6 x 76.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: lower left edge, 'ARCHES/ FRANCE' and infinity symbol, in reverse
State
published state
Impression
printer's proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Titled lower centre below image, in black pencil, 'BARRAMUNDI DREAMING'. Signed lower right below image, in black pencil, and black ink, '[thumbprint] QUEENIE McKENZIE'. Inscribed with edition details, lower left below image, in black pencil, 'PP PM78'. Not dated.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
162077
Accession number
2007.466
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2007/2008 (2007-08-28)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Franck Gohier (the printer of the work), Darwin, 2007.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, celebrating the National Gallery of Australias 25th anniversary, 2007
Creators
NORTHERN TERRITORY UNIVERSITY | Organisation | print workshop
GOHIER, Frank | (1968–) Australian | French | Male | printer
McKenzie, Queenie | (1930–1998) Aboriginal Australian | Female | artist