Hunger.
Primary Artist
Noel Counihan (1913–1986)
Title
Source
Lino Cuts Counihan '59, a set of six linocuts. Melbourne: the artist, 1959.
Page or Plate number
no.5
Reference
Smith (1981), 54
Date made
1959
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
51.4 x 36.2 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
61.0 x 44.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
21/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Subject description
Portrait of a mother distraught by her children's hunger.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
19548
Accession number
99.25.3
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1998/99 (1999-04-28)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, April 1999.
Credit line
Purchased 1999
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Social Realism
Country of context
Australia
Creators
William Caulfield & Sons. | (1948–) Australian | Organisation | printer
Counihan, Noel. | (1913–1986) Australian | Male | artist