Golden cockerel
Primary Artist
Florence Higgs (1918–2006)
Title
Date made
1956
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from six blocks
Matrix size
28.0 x 20.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
36.4 x 25.8 cm (sheet (irregular))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
trial proof
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in blue pen, 'Florence M. Higgs'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in blue pen, 'Golden Cockerel'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in blue pen, 'Trial Proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 1' [1 encircled].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40903
Accession number
86.18
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 scorch marked. Exhibited in "Prints by the Melbourne Graphic Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956. Cat. No. 19 "The Golden Cockerel ... colour lino-cut".
Creators
Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist