Primary Artist

Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)

Title

Drawing for linoblock from "The giants are coming"

Date made

1976 – c.1978

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Perth View on map Close map

Category

Drawing

Technique

pencil, and yellow, red, green, blue, purple, pink wax crayons, and ballpoint pen

Matrix size

21.0 x 19.2 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed upper centre in black pencil, '-yellow.'. Inscribed upper right in black pencil, 'Blue/ & Red/ - blue & yellow. Inscribed centre left in black pencil, 'Orange'; centre in black pencil, 'Red/Purple [crossed out]/ Red + yellow/ = Orange./ Blue'....

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

10644

Accession number

97.161

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

Notes

Linocut "The giants are coming" is in the NGA collection, Acc. No. 92.826, as are several other images printed from the same block (not yet accessioned as at 5/11/96).

Creators

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