Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

The Banksia tree.

Other titles

Old banksia tree

Date made

1939

Reference

Butler (1987), 221

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Matrix size

24.8 x 24.6 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown, uncoloured; edition unknown, hand-coloured

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s

Subject description

Native Australian flora: old banksia tree at end of flowering period on the Prestons' property in Berowra.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

58900

Creators

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