Head of baboon.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Date made
1951
Place made
Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris, Atelier 17, Rue de Vaigiraid View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Support
cream wove paper
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Margaret Cilento/ 1951'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Head of Baboon'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artists proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso in black pencil, 'Made in Paris/ 'Atelier 17' at Hayter Studio/ Rue de Vaigiraid'.
Subject description
Abstracted head of baboon.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
179990
Accession number
95.284
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1994/95 (1995-04-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Adam Galleries, Melbourne, 1995.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1995
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Inscribed on reverse, pencil "Made in Paris/ "Atelier 17" at Hayter Studio/ Rue de Vaigiraid".
Creators
Atelier 17. | (1927–1988) American | French | Organisation | print workshop
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist