Primary Artist

Elizabeth Rooney (1929–2016)

Title

Bridgehead revisited

Date made

1986

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint, roulette printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

23.0 x 49.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove Arches paper

Support size

37.6 x 70.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: lower right corner, 'ARCHES/FRANCE'

State

2nd state

Impression

working proof 1

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Elizabeth Rooney 1985-85'. Inscribed lower left - lower centre in black pencil, ' 'Bridgehead Revisited, 2nd State 1986' Working Proof 1'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1156

Accession number

94.956

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