Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

They pleaded ignorance. First part

Date made

1982 – c.1984

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

15.0 x 20.1 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

22.5 x 35.0 cm (sheet)

Impression

1st proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate mark, black pencil, 'Shearer'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1st Proof/ Part of They pleaded ignorance' '.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

10806

Accession number

97.1555

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1997/98 (1997-09-11)

Provenance

Gift of the artist through her estate to the NGA, September 1997.

Credit line

Gift of the artist 1995

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SHEARER, Mitzi | (1909–1995) Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013