Massacre Creek

Primary Artist

Shirley Purdie (1948–)

Title

Massacre Creek

Date made

1999 – 1999, June

Date details

2000, 20 February, edition completed

Place made

Australia, Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, Red Hand Prints View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-etching, sugarlift, lump rosin and aquatint, printed in prussian blue ink, from one plate

Matrix size

33.0 x 49.6 cm (plate-mark)

Support

wove Arches BFK Rives 300gsm paper

State

published state

Impression

Workshop proof

Edition information

edition of 30; plus 3 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proof, 1 workshop proof

Production notes

Printed in Charbonnel ink

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso 'RH 102'

IRN

126380

Accession number

2003.237.28

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 7, 2002/2003 (2003-06-24)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Franck Gohier, co-director of Red Hand Prints, Darwin, 2003.

Credit line

Gift of Franck Gohier, Red Hand Prints

Country of context

Australia

Creators

RED HAND PRINT | (1997–2000) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Purdie, Shirley. | (1948–) Aboriginal Australian | Female | artist

Gohier, Frank. | (1968–) Australian | French | Male | printer

Miller, Paul. | (2005–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013