Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Fish, Aboriginal design.

Other titles

School of fish attacked by shark

Date made

1940

Reference

Butler (1987), 227

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature lower left within image, 'MP.'.

Matrix size

34.6 x 34.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown, uncoloured

Subject description

School of fish attached by shark based on Aboriginal rock carvings in the Kuring-gai Chase National Park, N.S.W.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

59262

Creators

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