Primary Artist

John Olsen (1928–2023)

Title

Emus by the lake

Date made

1975

Reference

Olsen (1980), 18

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

50.2 x 33.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 50; plus 10 artist's proofs (3 with 'Christ Bird arrives' printed on Mulberry paper).

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: three emus at Lake Eyre, South Australia.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

28837

Creators

Miller, Max. | (1940–) Australian | Male | printer

PORT JACKSON PRESS | (1975–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Olsen, John. | (1928–2023) Australian | Male | artist

Miller Street Print Workshop. | (1973–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop