Primary Artist

Colin Little (1952–1982)

Title

Feed the man beef for glowing health

Date made

1981

Place made

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

Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from 10 stencils

Matrix size

74.0 x 50.6 cm (printed image)

Support

cream matt wove paper

Support size

80.2 x 57.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with 1982 Megalo acquisition no, 3.

Subject description

Two men eating dinner, behind them are cattle in a field and a newspaper cutting reporting 'Radio-active' beef warning'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

95061

Accession number

83.2012

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Purchased by James Mollison for the Philip Morris Arts Grant (1973-82). Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from the Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd., October 1982.

Credit line

Gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1982

Subject categories

Nuclear issues | Health | Environment: Natural

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LITTLE, Colin | (1952–1982) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013