Australian wildflowers
Primary Artist
Florence Higgs (1918–2006)
Title
Date made
1952 – c.1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from seven blocks
Matrix size
22.8 x 11.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
31.8 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
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 black pencil, 'Flower rightnce M. Higgs'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Australian Wildflowers'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'Trial Proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 18'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40934
Accession number
86.195
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. No. 1986.194. Exhibited in "40 Prints by ten artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, April - May 1954. Cat. No. 23 "Australian Wildflowers ... colour linocut".
Creators
Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist