Icarus.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Icarus.
Other titles
Icare
Date made
1949Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving and foul biting, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.0 x 12.6 cm (plate-mark)
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Surrealism
Subject description
Mythological scene of Icarus with wings made of wax flying near the sun and falling to earth again.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
78881
Creators
Atelier 17. | (1927–1988) American | French | Organisation | print workshop
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist