Getting home for Christmas.

Primary Artist

Joyce Allen (1916–1992)

Title

Getting home for Christmas.

Other titles

(Christmas card 1987), Going home for Christmas

Date made

1987

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bowral, 28 Queen St View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; with pencil additions

Matrix size

9.0 x 21.6 cm (printed image)

Support

thick cream wove C.M.Fabriano cotton paper

Support size

13.6 x 26.1 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: 'Fabriano-100/100 cotton'

State

working state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Production notes

The christmas cards were sent out hand-coloured.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Subject description

Greeting card featuring man riding an emu to an outback homestead.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1354

Accession number

94.865

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

The artist's family, by descent. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from the artist's family, 1994.

Credit line

Gift of Sarah, Jocelyn and Nicholas, the artist's children, in loving memory 1994.

Country of context

Australia

Notes

The christmas cards were sent out, hand-coloured Other title: Going home for Christmas

Creators

Allen, Joyce. | (1916–1992) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013