My first little book from the voyage to the ice on the Aurora Australis.

Artist: SCHMEISSER, Jorg | Title: My first little book from the voyage to the ice on the Aurora Australis. | Date: 1999 | Technique: engraving, printed in blue ink, from multiple polycarbonate sheets; watercolour, gouache and pencil | Copyright: © Jörg Schmeisser
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Primary Artist

Jorg Schmeisser (1942–2012)

Title

My first little book from the voyage to the ice on the Aurora Australis.

Date made

1999

Place made

Australia, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra View on map Close map

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Category

Artist's book

Print types

intaglio | watercolour

Technique

engraving, printed in blue ink, from multiple polycarbonate sheets; watercolour, gouache and pencil

Support

paper

Support size

12.0 x 57.6 cm (sheet)

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

174380

Accession number

2007.1434.17

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

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

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Canberra, October 2007.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, 2007

Copyright

© Jörg Schmeisser

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Artist’s book

Creators

SCHMEISSER, Jorg | (1942–2012) Australian | German | Male | artist