The Metropolitan

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'The Metropolitan' | Date: 1955 | Technique: b'etching, aquatint, engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Primary Artist

Fred Williams (1927–1982)

Title

The Metropolitan

Date made

1955

Reference

Mollison (1968), 11, iii/iii

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint, engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

14.5 x 18.0 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 22, numbers 1-5 on blue Ingres paper, numbers 6-22 on Kent paper

Subject description

Theatrical scene of audience members watching from two theatre boxes, The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgware Road, London.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

99981

Creators

WILLIAMS, Fred | (1927–1982) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013

Impressions

Artist: b'WILLIAMS, Fred' | Title: b'The Metropolitan' | Date: 1955 | Technique: b'etching, aquatint, engraving and flat biting, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Fred Williams Estate'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.2875

State

3rd state of 3

Impression

uninscribed proof

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