Fish, Aboriginal design.

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Fish, Aboriginal design.' | Date: 1940 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Fish, Aboriginal design.

Other titles

School of fish attacked by shark

Date made

1940

Reference

Butler (1987), 227

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

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

Matrix size

34.6 x 34.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown, uncoloured

Subject description

School of fish attached by shark based on Aboriginal rock carvings in the Kuring-gai Chase National Park, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

59262

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Fish, Aboriginal design.' | Date: 1940 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.2224

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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