(Head).
Primary Artist
Ian Armstrong (1923–2005)
Title
Other titles
Head (in profile)
Date made
1950 – 1950s
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
12.0 x 3.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
20.8 x 12.6 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'IA'. Not dated. Not titled.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Armstrong 6' [6 encircled].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41497
Accession number
86.43
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Support strained, upper and right edges
Creators
Armstrong, Ian. | (1923–2005) Australian | Male | artist