First of August, Wattle Day
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1980
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint, burnishing printed in colour from two zinc plates
Matrix size
60.9 x 45.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white Arches wove paper
Support size
76.0 x 57.0 cm (sheet)
State
7th state
Edition information
edition of 40
Production notes
Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Bevelled plates. States 5 and 6 very close to State 7. Edition printed from State 7. No artist proofs retained.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'State 7'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1224
Accession number
94.796
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.
Credit line
Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994
Copyright
© Pamela Griffith
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Bevelled plates. States 5 and 6 very close to State 7. Edition printed from State 7. No artist proofs retained.
Creators
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Hanks, Rew. | (1958–) Australian | Male | printer
Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer