"Lady for a Day"
Primary Artist
William Hunter (1899–1963)
Title
Date made
1962
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.4 x 14.6 cm (printed image)
Support
wove paper
Support size
22.8 x 18.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
4/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'William Hunter'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lady for a Day'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '4/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso with lot number, '286'.
Subject description
Image of a lady singing? into a microphone. The title 'Lady for a day' refers to a popular television show on the Melbourne Television station HSV 7 in 1962
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91027
Accession number
83.117
Accession method
Fund
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Leonard Joel, Melbourne, May 1983. From the auction, ' Australian Graphics', Melbourne: Leonard Joel, 19 October 1982, lot 286.
Credit line
Roger Butler Fund 1983.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Hunter, William. | (1899–1963) Australian | Male | artist