Self portrait

Primary Artist

Michael Esson (1950–)

Title

Self portrait

Source

The Self Portrait Project, 2004-2005

Date made

2002 – c.2003

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and open-bite, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

9.8 x 10.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick off-white wove Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Support size

21.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

8/10

Edition information

edition of 10

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Michael Esson'. Not dated. Not titled. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '8/10'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp lower right corner, stylised image of cicada

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

172753

Accession number

2007.1549.127

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2007/2008 (2007-12-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Cicada Press, Sydney, 2007

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, celebrating the National Gallery of Australia’s 25th anniversary, 2007

Creators

KEMPSON, Michael | (1961–) Australian | Male | printer

CICADA PRESS | (2003–) Organisation | print workshop

Esson, Michael. | (1950–) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013