Tea-tree and Hakea petiolaris

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Tea-tree and Hakea petiolaris' | Date: 1936 | 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

Tea-tree and Hakea petiolaris

Date made

1936

Reference

Butler (1987), 212

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Matrix size

28.9 x 29.6 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s

Subject description

Study of native Australian flora: sea urchin hakea (hakea petiolaris) and tea-tree (probably leptospermum).

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42205

Creators

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

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Tea-tree and Hakea petiolaris' | Date: 1936 | 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 | 86.599

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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