Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Cockatoos.

Other titles

Cockatoo and Banksias

Reference

Butler (1987), 130

Date made

1929

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Matrix size

9.8 x 10.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin Japanese paper

Support size

14.2 x 14.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Cockatt + Banksia'

Subject description

Native Australian fauna and flora: two cockatoos with waratah.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

104104

Accession number

85.1701

Accession method

Fund

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1985/86 (1985-09-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1985

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist