Aboriginal design, with Sturt's pea.

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: bAboriginal design, with Sturt's pea. | Date: 1943 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in colour, from one masonite block' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Aboriginal design, with Sturt's pea.

Other titles

Sturts pea, Aboriginal design, Sturt's pea - NSW

Date made

1943

Reference

Butler (1987), 239

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in colour, from one masonite block

Matrix size

30.6 x 38.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Still life

Subject description

Design based on Aboriginal Arnhem Land painting adapted to still life arrangement of Sturt's desert peas.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

29215

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: bAboriginal design, with Sturt's pea. | Date: 1943 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in colour, from one masonite block' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.3329

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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