The chicken house.
Primary Artist
Barbara Brash (1925–1998)
Title
Date made
1953 – c.1955
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
softground etching, printed in brown ink from one plate
Matrix size
14.0 x 11.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
24.8 x 16.2 cm (sheet (irregular))
State
published state
Impression
5/5
Edition information
edition of 5
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Barbara Brash'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Chicken House 5/5'. Not dated.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right on sheet in black pencil, 'circa 58' [later inscription].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
119484
Accession number
90.1463
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1990/91 (1990-11-01)
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1990
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Exhibited May 1955 at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne in "Thirty-Six Prints by 12 Melbourne Artists" Cat. No. 12 "The Chicken House softground etching" 1 gn.
Creators
Brash, Barbara. | (1925–1998) Australian | Female | artist