Negro head
Primary Artist
Bea Maddock (1934–2016)
Title
Date made
1960
Date details
January 1960. Life Room and Etching Studio, Slade School.
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London, Slade School View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, sugar-lift aquatint over previous deep-etch, printed in black ink, from one reused copper plate
Matrix size
16.0 x 10.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove Barcham Green paper
Support size
23.0 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: upper right, corner, (upsidedown), 'ENGLAND'
State
only state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
no edition
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Subject description
Head of a negro man.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
94396
Accession number
84.2734
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1984/85 (1984-12-11)
Provenance
Gift of the artist to the NGA, December 1984.
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1984.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
MADDOCK, Bea | (1934–2016) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013