Primary Artist

Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)

Title

Echo

Date made

1982

Category

Print

Print types

stencil | relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block; screenprint, printed in red ink, from one stencil

Matrix size

20.4 x 8.6 cm (printed image (overall))

Support

thick cream wove paper

Support size

41.6 x 25.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

15/35

Edition information

edition of 35

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Barbara Hanrahan 1982'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Echo'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, '15/35'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

156939

Accession number

92.322

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1991/92 (1992-04-30)

Provenance

Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Jo Steele, the artist's partner, 1992.

Credit line

Gift of Jo Steele 1992

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Image 2 is a verse by Walter de la Mare, running u.l. to l.r, "Seven sweet notes/ In the moonlight pale/ Warbled a leaf-hidden/ Nightingale:/ And Echo in hiding/ By an old green wall/ Under the willows/ Sighed back them all./ Walter de la Mare".

Creators

HANRAHAN, Barbara | (1939–1991) Australian | Female | artist