Black swans.
Primary Artist
Dorrit Black (1891–1951)
Title
Date made
1937
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from five blocks (red, pink, green, blue-grey and black)
Matrix size
23.5 x 32.1 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream oriental laid paper
State
published state
Impression
18/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Production notes
The Art Gallery of South Australia purchase an impression of this print in 1937.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Dorrit Black'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Black Swans'. Inscribed centre left below printed image in black pencil, '18/50'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
137999
Accession number
2005.7
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 2004/2005 (2005-02-23)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2005.
Credit line
Purchased 2004
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Grosvenor school linocuts
Creators
Black, Dorrit. | (1891–1951) Australian | Female | artist