Primary Artist

Joyce Allen (1916–1992)

Title

(Three women talking on a doorstep).

Date made

1965 (about)

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

no printed text.

Matrix size

13 x 11.4 (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid Glastonbury paper

Support size

32.7 x 25.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'Glaftonburg'.

State

published state?

Impression

proof

Edition information

edition unknown; plus proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Joyce Allen'.
not dated.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

140949

Accession number

2001.2

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2001/2002 (2001-10-05)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, October 2001; From the exhibition, 'Viable dialogue: Joyce Allen', Canberra: Helen Maxwell Gallery, 29 June - 29 July 2001, not listed.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2001

Country of context

Australia

Last Updated

28 Aug 2025