Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Black cockatoos

Date made

1925

Reference

Butler (1987), 72

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower left within image, 'MP'.

Matrix size

24.8 x 25.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 50, hand-coloured

Subject description

Native Australian fauna: two cockatoos in gum tree (eucalyptus) with butterflies.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

30129

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist