Primary Artist

Elizabeth Rooney (1929–2016)

Title

(Bligh Street)

Date made

1977 – c.1977

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint printed in brown/green ink with plate-tone, from one copper and one zinc plates

Matrix size

19.4 x 21.8 cm (printed image (trimmed))

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

19.4 x 44.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed verso upper centre in blue ballpoint pen 'Dear Joyce, Max & Co / lots of love to you all / from Rooney..'. Inscribed verso lower left in blue ballpoint pen '(before I stopped printing etc this was a / comparison print ink proof for Bligh st.(now / in trimmed state to fit envelope) )'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1125

Accession number

94.908

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Gift to Joyce Allen, from the artist. The Allen family by descent, 1992. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the family of Joyce Allen, 1994.

Credit line

Gift of the family of Joyce Allen 1994

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Rooney, Elizabeth. | (1929–2016) Australian | Female | artist