In the forest of the night.

Primary Artist

Karin Schepers (1927–)

Title

In the forest of the night.

Date made

1962

Place made

Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

sugarlift aquatint, etching and drypoint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

30.0 x 40.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

Arches paper

State

published state

Impression

6/20

Edition information

edition of 20

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'K. Schepers 1962'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'IN THE FOREST OF THE NIGHT'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 6/20'.

Subject description

Title from the poem by William Blake.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

43391

Accession number

66.33

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

C.A.A.B. Meeting (1966-03-15)

Provenance

Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), from the artist, Adelaide, March 1966.

Credit line

Purchased 1966

Country of context

Australia

Creators

SCHEPERS, Karin | (1927–) German | Female | artist