Lightbeam
Primary Artist
Kevin Mortensen (1939–2023)
Title
Date made
2000
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Viridian Press, 11 Dickens Road, Olinda View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 19.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
28.6 x 38.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
printer's proof
Edition information
edition of 10, incomplete as of July 2008; plus 1 right-to-print proof, 2 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'K.C. MORTENSEN 2000'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lightbeam'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'PP'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Print workshop blindstamp lower right corner, 'VP' [within square].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
172713
Accession number
2007.1508
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2007/2008 (2007-10-30)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from John Loane, printer and Director of Viridian Press, Canberra, 2007.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, celebrating the National Gallery of Australias 25th anniversary, 2007
Copyright
© Kevin Mortensen
Creators
VIRIDIAN PRESS | (1988–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
Mortensen, Kevin. | (1939–2023) Australian | Male | artist
LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer