Title

Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present.

Venues

Australian National Gallery (18 February 1989 – 21 May 1989)

Date

(1989)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints

Curator

Roger Butler, Curator Australian Prints, Australian National Gallery

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

This major exhibition of Australian prints, posters and illustrated books, is one of a series of exhibitions to celebrate the bicentennial of European settlement in Australia. A mammoth exhibition of over 1200 works it traces the history of the printed image in Australia from pre-settlement to the present. The exhibition occupies the whole of the Australian galleries and is supported by the exhibitions Printmakers at work and Australian Prints Now.