Icarus.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Other titles
Icare
Date made
1949
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York, Atelier 17, 41E 8th St View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.0 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
16.5 x 25.1 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Margaret Cilento / 1949'. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Icarus'.
Subject description
Mythological scene of Icarus with wings made of wax flying near the sun and falling to earth again.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
78881
Accession number
84.1355
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, September 1984; From the exhibition, 'Margaret Cilento: Prints and drawings 1946-53', Sydney: Garry Anderson Gallery, April - 13 May 1984, cat, no., 10.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Surrealism
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Atelier 17. | (1927–1988) American | French | Organisation | print workshop
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist