Primary Artist

Murray Griffin (1903–1992)

Title

Promenade

Reference

Bunbury (1998), 138

Date made

1974

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print types

stencil | relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Matrix size

45.6 x 33.8 cm (printed image)

Support

thin hot-pressed white wove paper

Support size

50.4 x 38.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

7/25

Edition information

edition of 25

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Murray Griffin'. Not dated. Inscibed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '7/25'. Inscribed lower left corner, black pencil, '23'. Titled lower centre (below image) black pencil, 'Promenade'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

126852

Accession number

2003.63

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