Salve
Primary Artist
Christian Waller (1894–1954)
Title
Reference
Butler (1992), 46
Date made
1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
15.1 x 8.7 cm (printed image)
Support
translucent wove paper on cream laid paper
Support size
22.8 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
print-run unknown
Subject description
Silhouette of a man in prayer riding an elephant across a bridge.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
59266
Accession number
79.1832
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1979/80 (1979-08-13)
Provenance
With the artist at her death in 1956. Collection of Klytie Pate, neice of the artist. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, August 1979; From the exhibition, 'Christian waller 1895/1956', Melbourne: Deutsher Galleries, 8 September - 30 September 1978, cat. no., 172, (illustrated).
Credit line
Purchased 1979
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Waller, Christian. | (1894–1954) Australian | Female | artist