Mud mud glorious mud

Primary Artist

Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009)

Title

Mud mud glorious mud

Date made

1995

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from two blocks

Matrix size

27.0 x 40.6 cm (printed image)

Support

grey wove paper

Support size

38.2 x 50.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

2/6

Edition information

edition of 6

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Titled and inscribed with edition details lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Mud Mud. Beautiful Mud/ Theres nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. 2/6'. Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'LESBIA THORPE 1995'. Stamped lower right within image in red ink, '[artist stamp].

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

171380

Accession number

2007.1331

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2007/2008 (2007-10-30)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Queensland, October 2007.

Credit line

Gift of the artist, 2007

Creators

Thorpe, Lesbia. | (1919–2009) Australian | Female | artist