Hollywood: "But surely Mr Shakespeare, you will admit two heads is better than one".
Primary Artist
Will Dyson (1880–1938)
Title
Hollywood: "But surely Mr Shakespeare, you will admit two heads is better than one".
Source
Hollywood
Date made
1927 – c.1929
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
30.5 x 25.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
40.9 x 31.2 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
32
Subject description
Satirical scene of a Hollywood writer trying to convince the ghost of Shakespeare to insert a cabaret scene in Macbeth.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31406
Accession number
77.437
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 12, 1977/78 (1977-08-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013