Bendigo - Saturday night
Primary Artist
William Gleeson (1927–1999)
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 five blocks
Matrix size
28.5 x 45.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream wove lithographic paper
Support size
33.6 x 58.2 cm (sheet (irregular))
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated on mount lower right below image, in blue/black pen, 'William Gleeson '55'. Inscribed on mount lower centre below printed image in blue/black pen, 'Bendigo - Saturday night'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Gleeson 2' [2 encircled].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
40875
Accession number
86.166
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
Copyright
This work appears on screen courtesy of the artist
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Mounted. Water damage to oroginal mount. Exhibited in "Thirty-Six Prints by Twelve Melbourne Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne in May 1955. Cat. No. 17 "Bendigo - Saturday Night ... Colour Lino-cut ...".
Creators
Gleeson, William. | (1927–1999) Australian | Male | artist