Terra Spiritus...with a darker shade of pale. A circumlittoral incised drawing of the entire coastline of Tasmania, worked with hand-ground local ochre over letterpress and finished with hand-drawn script.
Primary Artist
Bea Maddock (1934–2016)
Title
Physical description
Title page
Source
Terra Spiritus...with a darker shade of pale. Launceston, The artist, 1993-1998
Date made
1993 – 1993-98
Place made
Launceston and Oatlands Studios, Kanamaluka / Launceston, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
stencil print, printed in hand-ground Launceston ochre from multiple hand-cut mylar stencils; letterpress text blind printed; hand-drawn script
Matrix size
28.4 x 75.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove Magnani Pescia paper (300 gsm)
Support size
28.4 x 75.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: lower left, image of a cross over the letter M.
State
published state
Impression
1/5
Edition information
edition of 5; plus 1 artist's proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower centre, pastel 'Bea. Maddock ...'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right pastel '...1/5.'.
Subject description
Title page of series.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
20158
Accession number
98.149.1
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1998/99 (1998-10-22)
Provenance
The artist, Launceston, Tasmania
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1998
Country of context
Australia
Creators
MADDOCK, Bea | (1934–2016) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013