Trapeze.

Artist: BALDESSIN, George | Title: Trapeze. | Date: 1973 | Technique: colour etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one shaped plate over gradated colour roll.
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Primary Artist

George Baldessin (1939–1978)

Title

Trapeze.

Reference

Kolenberg, J (1997), 218. Holloway/Lindsay (1983), 71.

Date made

1973

Place made

Winfield Building Studio, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

colour etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one shaped plate over gradated colour roll.

Matrix size

24.8 x 24.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of ?, with artist's proofs

Production notes

gradated colour roll in sunburst from orange to pink, achieved with blocking.

Subject description

Theatrical scene of woman hanging from a trapeze.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

34245

Creators

BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: BALDESSIN, George | Title: Trapeze. | Date: 1973 | Technique: colour etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one shaped plate over gradated colour roll.
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 75.464

State

published state

Impression

artist's proof

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