The fossicker
Primary Artist
Murray Griffin (1903–1992)
Title
Reference
Bunbury (1998), 10
Date made
1932
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
16.2 x 21.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thin cream laid paper
Support size
25.0 x 27.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
10/50
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed on image lower right in white gouache 'MG [in black square]'. Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Murray Griffin '32'. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, ''The Fossicker''. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '10/50'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
126838
Accession number
2003.49
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 2002/2003 (2003-03-26)
Provenance
The artist untill his death in 1991. By descent to Nicholas Griffin, the artist's son, Melbourne, 1991. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 2003.
Credit line
Purchased with assistance from the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2003
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GRIFFIN, Murray | (1903–1992) Australian | Male | artist