Title

By the pricking of my claws

Physical description

concertina, 8 pages, cloth bound, 1 page rice paper insert, mirrored perspex disc engraved with title affixed to front cover

Date made

2005

Place made

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Artist's book

Print type

planographic

Technique

offset-lithograph, printed in black ink, from multiple plates; hand-coloured; collaged addition of cut paper

Support

wove Aquarelle Arches hot pressed 300gsm cotton paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

6/16

Edition information

edition of 16

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Printed title on front cover lower centre engraved on mirrored perspex disc, 'BY THE / PRICKING / OF MY / CLAWS'. Signed inside back cover upper right edge in black pencil, 'LJ G.H.'. Inscribed inside back cover upper right edge in black pencil, '6/16'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed inside back cover upper right edge in black pencil, 'EC 2007.31 a'. Inscribed on loose leaf verso lower right edge in black pencil, 'EC 2007.31 b'.

IRN

191744

Accession number

2009.72

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2009/2010 (2009-08-25)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the Ergas Collection, Sydney, 2009

Credit line

Gift of Henry Ergas, 2009

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Artist’s book