First of August, Wattle Day

Primary Artist

Pamela Griffith (1943–)

Title

First of August, Wattle Day

Date made

1980

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Bardwell Park, Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, soft ground, sugar lift, aquatint, burnishing printed in colour from two zinc plates

Matrix size

60.9 x 45.3 cm (plate-mark)

Support

white Arches wove paper

Support size

76.0 x 57.0 cm (sheet)

State

7th state

Edition information

edition of 40

Production notes

Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop note: Bevelled plates. States 5 and 6 very close to State 7. Edition printed from State 7. No artist proofs retained.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Not signed. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'State 7'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1224

Accession number

94.796

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ross Griffith, husband of Pamela Griffith, of Griffith Studio and Graphic Workshop, Bardwell Park, New South Wales, June 1994.

Credit line

Gift of Professor Ross Griffith 1994

Copyright

© Pamela Griffith

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Bevelled plates. States 5 and 6 very close to State 7. Edition printed from State 7. No artist proofs retained.

Creators

GRIFFITH, Pamela | (1943–) Australian | Female | artist

GRIFFITH STUDIO AND GRAPHIC WORKSHOP | (1973–1999) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Hanks, Rew. | (1958–) Australian | Male | printer

Morgan, Ailsa Lesley. | (1953–) Australian | Female | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013