Skipping Rhymes
Primary Artist
Robert Rooney (1937–2017)
Title
Physical description
Bound book of [18] pages with five linocuts printed in two colours, publishers device on last page.
Source
Skipping Rhymes: A collection of Australian skipping rhymes collected and illustrated by Robert Rooney. Melbourne: Moonflow Press, 1956.
Page or Plate number
collection record
Date made
1956
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Swinburne Technical College, John Street, Hawthorn View on map Close map
Category
Artist's book
Print type
relief
Technique
linocuts, printed in colour, each from two blocks; letterpress text
Support
thin off-white wove paper
State
published state
Impression
9/24
Edition information
edition of 24
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed on colophon upper centre right in black ink, 'Robert Rooney'. Inscribed with edition details on colophon upper centre right in black ink, '9'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed inside cover upper right in black pencil, '20/-'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
171840
Accession number
2008.64.1-18
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 4, 2007/2008 (2008-02-26)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Melbourne, 2008
Credit line
Gift of the artist, 2008
Copyright
© the artist
Subject category
Australia, Book arts: Artists book
Creators
Rooney, Robert. | (1937–2017) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
06 Jan 2013