The wool quilt makers.

Primary Artist

Dorrit Black (1891–1951)

Title

The wool quilt makers.

Date made

1939 – (c.1941)

Reference

North (1979), L40; Coppel (1995), DB42

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper right within image, 'DB [in monogram]'.

Matrix size

23.4 x 31.5 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 50

Subject categories

War: second world war, 1939-1945 | Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts

Subject description

World War II scene of South Australian women making quilts for the war effort in England.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

83929

Creators

Black, Dorrit. | (1891–1951) Australian | Female | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 82.605

Impression

proof

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Collection

Private collection

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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