Primary Artist

Eileen Mayo (1906–1994)

Title

Australia (Sturt's Desert Pea)

Date made

1957

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Poster

Print type

planographic

Technique

offset-lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple plates

Matrix size

101.2 x 63.4 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove lithographic paper

Support size

101.2 x 63.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

2529

Accession number

93.238

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)

Provenance

With the artist until her death in New Zealand in 1994. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Margaret MacKean-Taylor, legatee of the estate, Palmerston North, New Zealand, October 1993. The estate was divided by the place of production of works. British work was deposited with the Victorian and Albert Museum, London; Australian work with the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; and New Zealand work with New Zealand collections.

Credit line

Gift of Margaret MacKean-Taylor 1993

Subject categories

Australia, Plants | Australia, travel poster

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Poster no.119 Illustrated in Walkabout, vol 23, Nov 1, 1923 as part of Australian National Travel Association 1957 Australian Poster Series.

Creators

Mayo, Eileen. | (1906–1994) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Female | artist

Australian National Travel Association. | (1934–1970) Australian | Organisation | client

McLaren. | Australian | printer