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

Artist: Cobb, Victor. | Title: Kuringbar, The last of his race. Australian native. | Date: 1937 (dated) | Technique: etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
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Primary Artist

Victor Cobb (1876–1945)

Title

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

Date made

1937 (dated)

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Work number

LTUG (1985), 63

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

printed text 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

Last Updated

26 Sep 2026

Impressions

Artist: Cobb, Victor. | Title: Kuringbar, The last of his race. Australian native. | Date: 1937 (dated) | Technique: etching, printed in warm black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 79.1939

State

published state

Impression

17/55

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