Not titled [bird on branch with wings spread].

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Primary Artist

Eric Humerstan (1960–)

Title

Not titled [bird on branch with wings spread].

Date made

1950 – late 1950s

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from multiple stencils

Matrix size

25.5 x 20.4 cm (printed image)

Support

medium light brown cardboard

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Production notes

Larry Rawling notes: 'Samples of very early if not the first serigraphs done in Melbourne of hand drawn positives photo Screenprints.'

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed within work lower right in brown ink, 'E. Humerstan'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

177175

Accession number

2008.94.159

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 Australia’s 25th anniversary, 2008

Subject category

Collection: The Larry Rawling print workshop archive of Australian screenprints 1959 - 2006, acquired 2008.

Creators

Humerstan, Eric. | (1960–) Australian | Male | artist

Colorart Advertising Company. | Organisation | publisher

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013