Two horses
Primary Artist
Florence Higgs (1918–2006)
Title
Date made
1955
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from four blocks
Matrix size
18.9 x 24.2 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
21.8 x 30.6 cm (sheet (irregular))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
6/20
Edition information
edition of 20
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Flower rightnce M. Higgs '55'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Two Horses'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '6/20'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 14' [14 encircled].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40915
Accession number
86.186
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
Colourway variation on Acc. Nos. 1986.184 and 1986.185. Exhibited in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne in May 1955. Cat. No. 19 "Two Horses ... Colour lino- cut". Exhibited in "Melbourne Printmakers", Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-13 Feb. 1961 Cat. No. 19. "Two Horses (Lino-cut)".
Creators
Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist