The forest came alive
Primary Artist
Mitzi Shearer (1909–1995)
Title
Date made
1984 – 1984-88
Date details
1986, printed
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
relief-etching, printed in black ink, from one plate: hand-coloured
Matrix size
11.8 x 11.6 cm (plate-mark (irregular))
Support
thick white wove paper
Support size
30.6 x 27.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
1/1
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Shearer '84'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, ' 'The forest came alive'/ Hand coloured 88 ' . Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Unique 1'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
167955
Accession number
92.865
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1992/93 (1992-08-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 1992.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1992
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Shearer, Mitzi. | (1909–1995) Female | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013