Searchlights.
Primary Artist
Christine Aldor (1913–1970)
Title
Date made
1940 – 1940s
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
24.2 x 19.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
28.6 x 22.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
1/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, Inscribed lower left below image in black pencil, title and Ed no.
Subject description
Searchlight beams criss-crossingscanning the sky at a darkened army training camp at Woodside, South Australia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
70666
Accession number
80.925
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 7, 1979/80 (1980-05-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May 1980.
Credit line
Purchased 1980
Subject category
War: second world war, 1939-1945
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Aldor, Christine. | (1913–1970) Australian | Female | artist