Kangaroo.
Primary Artist
Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)
Title
Date made
1953
Place made
Australia, Australia, Queensland, Brisbane View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
5.8 x 7.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
15.9 x 23.1 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
21/100
Edition information
edition of 100, 8 only printed
Production notes
Although the edition is meant to have been 100, Margaret only printed and edition of 8. [Jude Savage to NGA]
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right 'Margaret Cilento '53'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '21/100'.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: a kangaroo resting.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
11736
Accession number
97.1018
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1996/97 (1997-06-23)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Adam Galleries, Melbourne, 1997.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1997
Subject category
Australia, Animal: Kangaroo
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Although the edition is meant to have been 100, Margaret only printed and edition of 8.
Creators
Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013