Primary Artist
Noel COUNIHAN (1913 - 1986)
Title
The cough ... stone dust.
Collective title
The miners
Reference
Smith (1981), 10a
Date made
1947
Placemade1
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
Category
Print
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
14.8 x 20.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thick cream wove M.G. lithographic paper
Support size
50.6 x 38.8 cm (sheet)
Mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
22/50
Edition
edition of 50, printed by James Flett
Inscriptions 1
Signed and dated lower right below image in pencil, 'Noel Counihan 47'.
Inscribed lower left below image in pencil, 'The Cough ...stone dust'.
Inscribed lower centre below image in pencil, '22/50'.
Described
A coal miner suffering from silicosis, a disease of the lungs caused from inhaling siliceous particles.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
36098
Acc. No.
74.168
Method
Purchase
Meeting title
Acquisitions Committee, Canberra, Meeting 11
Meeting date
18 April 1974
Provenance
Purchased by Langsam Galleries, Melbourne, 1974.
Credit line
Purchased 1974
Context
Australia
Creators