Front and back turtle shell

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'Front and back turtle shell' | Date: 1974 | Technique: b'electric hand engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from two copper plates' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Primary Artist

Fred Williams (1927–1982)

Title

Front and back turtle shell

Reference

Mollison (list), 279 i/ii

Date made

1974

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

electric hand engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from two copper plates

Matrix size

20.1 x 25.6 cm (plate-mark (a))

Support

T.H. Saunders paper

State

1st state

Impression

proof 1/2

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated '1975'.

Subject description

Zoological study of opened out shell, possibly from Flinders Island, Bass Strait.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34433

Accession number

84.83

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)

Provenance

Gift of James Mollison to the NGA, February 1984.

Credit line

Gift of James Mollison 1984.

Copyright

© Fred Williams Estate

Country of context

Australia

Creators

WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013