First of August, Wattle Day
Primary Artist
Pamela Griffith (1943–)
Title
Date made
1980
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint printed in colour, from two zinc plates
Matrix size
61.0 x 45.5 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove C.M.Fabriano paper
Support size
75.5 x 56.0 cm (sheet)
State
3rd state
Impression
artist's proof
Edition information
edition of 40
Production notes
Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Unbevelled double plate. Additional drawing on black plate into hard ground Curatorial note: Acidic paper, needs buffering.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'P.A. Griffith'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artists Proof State III'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'Wattle Day' '.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
1205
Accession number
94.794
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.
Credit line
Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994
Copyright
© Pamela Griffith
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Unbevelled double plate. Additional drawing on black plate into hard ground Curatorial note: Acidic paper, needs buffering.
Creators
GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist
Hanks, Rew. | (1958–) Australian | Male | printer
Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer
GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher