Poem.
Primary Artist
Geoff Barwell (1920–1961)
Title
Date made
1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in sepia ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
15.2 x 20.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
27.8 x 38.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'barwell 54.' Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Poem'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, ' Artists proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'G. Barwell 45' [45 encircled].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40657
Accession number
86.88
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
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Support scorched slightly u.r., l.r., l.l. Support bears crease marks. Glue traces verso, upper edges. Exhibited May 1954 in "40 Prints by ten artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Cat. No 8 "Poem etching and aquatint".
Creators
Barwell, Geoff. | (1920–1961) Australian | Male | artist