Girl dressing her hair.
Primary Artist
Ian Armstrong (1923–2005)
Title
Date made
1952 – c.1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
17.2 x 13.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
37.7 x 27.9 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
14/15
Edition information
edition of 15
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Ian Armstrong'. Not dated. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Girl dressing her hair.'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '14/15'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper right corner in black pencil, 'IA23'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41518
Accession number
86.444
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 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956 in "PRINTS by the Melbourne Graphic Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne. Cat. no. 30 "Girl Dressing her Hair ... etching 2" [gns] Date as cited in "Ian Armstrong Survey Print Exhibition 1951-1990" Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne. Dated 1955 in "one hundred graphic prints by Ian Armstrong", Jester Press, 121 Peel St. North Melbourne, 25 Sept 1983 - 26 October 1983.
Creators
Armstrong, Ian. | (1923–2005) Australian | Male | artist