"Kuringbar", The last of his race. Australian native.

Primary Artist

Victor Cobb (1876–1945)

Title

"Kuringbar", The last of his race. Australian native.

Date made

1937

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature, date and title lower left, 'Kuringbar' / (The last of his race) / Australian native / Victor Cobb / 1907'.

Matrix size

14.6 x 12.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 55

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Subject description

Portrait of an Aboriginal man, "Kuringbar".

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

59898

Creators

Cobb, Victor. | (1876–1945) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 79.1939

State

published state

Impression

17/55

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