Meri i givim susu long pikinini na palai i silip long het bilong on [Woman breastfeeds baby with lizard sleeping on her head]

Title: b'Meri i givim susu long pikinini na palai i silip long het bilong on [Woman breastfeeds baby with lizard sleeping on her head]' | Date: c.1977 | Technique: b'screenprint, printed in colour, from four screens'
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Title

Meri i givim susu long pikinini na palai i silip long het bilong on [Woman breastfeeds baby with lizard sleeping on her head]

Date made

1975 – c.1977

Place made

Papua New Guinea View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from four screens

Support

thick off-white wove Arches paper

Manufacturers mark

watermark upper right , 'ARCHES / FRANCE' [upside down]

State

published state

Impression

7/40

Edition information

edition of 40

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Akis'. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Meri i givim susu long pikinini na palai i silip long het.' [not in artist's hand] Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '7/40'. [not in artist's hand]

IRN

192071

Accession number

2009.1035

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2009/2010 (2009-10-27)

Provenance

Collection of Ross Searle. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Searle, Brisbane, 2009.

Credit line

Purchased 2009

Subject category

Papua New Guinea, Art style: Contemporary, From 1968

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013