Black cockatoos
Primary Artist
Margaret Preston (1875–1963)
Title
Reference
Butler (1987), 72
Date made
1925
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Matrix size
24.8 x 25.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
31.6 x 28.7 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/50
Edition information
edition of 50, hand-coloured
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Dated lower left below printed image in black pencil, '25'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Black Cockatoo'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '4th proof'.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: two cockatoos in gum tree (eucalyptus) with butterflies.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
30129
Accession number
78.598
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1978/79 (1978-07-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1978; From the exhibition, 'A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950', Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 13 April - 5 May 1978, cat., no.24, ((illustrated).
Credit line
Purchased 1978
Copyright
© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
Country of context
Australia
Creators
PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist