Aboriginal.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Other titles
Boxer
Date made
1948
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York, Atelier 17, 41E 8th St View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving in hard ground printed with plate-tone
Matrix size
13.9 x 17.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
25.4 x 33.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
2/8
Edition information
edition of 8
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Margaret Cilento/1948'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Aboriginal'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/8'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso centre in black pencil, '3 gns'.
Subject description
Portrait of an Aboriginal man.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
78879
Accession number
84.1354
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, September 1984; From the exhibition, 'Margaret Cilento: Prints and drawings 1946-53', Sydney: Garry Anderson Gallery, April - 13 May 1984, cat, no., 8.
Credit line
Purchased 1984
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist
Atelier 17. | (1927–1988) American | French | Organisation | print workshop