The Dead Christ
Primary Artist
William Gleeson (1927–1999)
Title
Date made
1955
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks
Matrix size
43.2 x 24.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
54.7 x 31.0 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated on mount, lower right below image, in sepia pen, 'William Gleeson '55'. Inscribed on mount, lower centre below image, in sepia pen, 'The Dead Christ'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Gleeson 4'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40877
Accession number
86.167
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Copyright
This work appears on screen courtesy of the artist
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Same block as Acc. No. 1986.168. Support glued to mounts. Exhibited in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne in May 1955. Cat. No. 16 "The Dead Christ ...colour Lino-cut..".
Creators
Gleeson, William. | (1927–1999) Australian | Male | artist