Playhouse Theatre
Primary Artist
Christian Waller (1894–1954)
Title
Reference
Butler (1992), 27
Date made
1931
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Matrix size
36.4 x 23.6 cm (printed image)
Support
wove paper on thin cardboard
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Poster illustrating Pierrette and St. George and the Dragon to advertise operas of those names by Fritz Hart.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31820
Accession number
81.288
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1981/82 (1981-11-10)
Provenance
With the artist at her death in 1956. Collection of Klytie Pate, neice of the artist. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, November 1981.
Credit line
Purchased 1981
Subject category
Theatre poster
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist