(Circus).

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Primary Artist

Jennifer Barwell (1932–)

Title

(Circus).

Date made

1952 – c.1954

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

softground etching, aquatint, drypoint and lavis printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

13.3 x 17.7 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

18.0 x 20.3 cm (sheet (irregular))

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Jenny Barwell 23'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

40699

Accession number

86.103

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

Exhibited May 1954 in "40 Prints by ten artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Cat No. 33 "Circus ... aquatint, softground, drypoint".

Creators

Barwell, Jennifer. | (1932–) Australian | Female | artist