Chelsea Palace

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'Chelsea Palace' | Date: 1955-56 | Technique: b'etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and rough biting, printed in black ink, from one copper plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Primary Artist

Fred Williams (1927–1982)

Title

Chelsea Palace

Date made

1955 – 1955-56

Reference

Mollison (1968), 13 B, ii/iii

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and rough biting, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

3.9 x 3.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

2nd state, 1 proof

Subject description

Theatrical scene of two audience members watching from a theatre box, Chelsea Palace Theatre, King's Road, London.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

70322

Creators

WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'Chelsea Palace' | Date: 1955-56 | Technique: b'etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and rough biting, printed in black ink, from one copper plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 87.1857

State

2nd state of 3

Impression

uninscribed proof

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