Nerangie Mundowie (Pretty Foot) Australian Native.

Primary Artist

Victor Cobb (1876–1945)

Title

Nerangie Mundowie (Pretty Foot) 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 and date lower right within image, 'Victor Cobb 1937'. Printed title upper right within image, 'Nerangie Mundowie / (Pretty Foot) Australian Native / The sadness of a dying race.'

Matrix size

29.8 x 22.7 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 85

Subject category

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

Subject description

Portrait of a young Aboriginal woman, Nerangie Mundowie.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

33621

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 78.817

State

published state

Impression

14/85

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