Manly picnic

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Manly picnic' | Date: 1929 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Manly picnic

Other titles

Beach scene, Balmoral

Date made

1929

Reference

Butler (1987), 136

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower left within image, 'MP'. Printed signature lower right within image, 'dus'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 22.4 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Subject description

Beach scene with children playing in water and sand using an eight year old child's drawing for the design.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90538

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Ure Smith, Dorothy | (1921–2009) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Manly picnic' | Date: 1929 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 84.1665

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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