Air and stone.
Primary Artist
Alun Leach-Jones (1937–2017)
Title
Physical description
An unbound suite of six screenprints by Alun Leach-Jones containing 8 pages, with title page and colophon. Text screenprinted by Larry Rawling.
Source
Air and stone.
Page or Plate number
collection record
Date made
1988 – July-August 1988
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Larry Rawling Fine Art Prints, 424 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprints, printed in colour, from multiple stencils
Matrix size
46.5 x 40.0 cm (folio (closed))
Support
thick off-white wove Velin Cuve 300 gsm paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
printer's proof 3
Edition information
edition of 20 numbered 1-20, 10 folio sets numbered I/X to XX; plus 6 artist's proofs, 3 workshop proofs
Production notes
The portfolio edition is limited to 10 impressions numbered I/X to X/X and signed. There has been a further edition of 20 impressions of the separate images numbered 1/20 to 20/20 and signed. Six additional impressions numbered A/P 1/6 to A/P 6/6 are reserved for the artist. A further three impressions are reserved as printers proofs and are numbered Printers Proofs 1/3 to 3/3. A second edition of this portfolio has also been published on the same date. This second portfolio edition has been printed only in black and white. The second edition is issued in exactly the same numbers as the first and colored edition and is numbered accordingly.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed on colophon (p.8) below text centre in black pencil, 'A Leach-Jones'. Dated within title page (p.1) lower centre in black ink, '1988.'. Titled within title page (p.1) centre in blue ink, 'AIR AND STONE'. Inscribed on colophon (p.8) below text centre in black pencil, 'P/P 3/3'.
Subject description
The Larry Rawling archive of Australian screenprints
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
173438
Accession number
2008.94.247.1-8
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 2007/2008 (2008-04-29)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the printer Larry Rawling, Melbourne, 2008.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, in celebration of the National Gallery of Australias 25th anniversary, 2008
Subject category
Collection: The Larry Rawling print workshop archive of Australian screenprints 1959 - 2006, acquired 2008.
Creators
LARRY RAWLING FINE ART PRINTS | (1984–) Organisation | print workshop
RAWLING, Larry | (1938–) Australian | Male | printer
LEACH-JONES, Alun | (1937–2017) Australian | English | Male | artist