Australian Back

Artist: b'Mortensen, Kevin.' | Title: b'Australian Back' | Technique: b'etching, printed in colour, from two copper plates' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Kevin Mortensen'
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Primary Artist

Kevin Mortensen (1939–2023)

Title

Australian Back

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Viridian Press, 11 Dickens Road, Olinda View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in colour, from two copper plates

Matrix size

49.4 x 88.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick off-white wove paper

Support size

69.6 x 101.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

printer's proof

Edition information

edition of 10, not complete as of July 2008; plus trial proofs, 2 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

172007

Accession number

2007.1464

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 Australia’s 25th anniversary, 2007

Copyright

© Kevin Mortensen

Creators

Mortensen, Kevin. | (1939–2023) Australian | Male | artist

LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer

VIRIDIAN PRESS | (1988–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013