Birthright
Primary Artist
Sally Morgan (1951–)
Title
Date made
1988
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from multiple stencils
Matrix size
57.6 x 36.7 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove Arches BFK Rives paper
Support size
75.6 x 55.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: upper left corner vertical, 'BFK RIVES / FRANCE'
State
published state
Impression
82/95
Edition information
edition of 95
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed on screen lower right 'S [artist's monogram]'. Signed lower centre in black pencil, 'Sally Morgan'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Birthright'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, '82/95'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left, inverted, in black pencil, 'SM 113'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
77389
Accession number
88.413
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 9, 1987/88 (1988-04-14)
Provenance
Birukmarri Gallery, 47 High Street, Fremantle WA 6160.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Fund 1988
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Morgan, Sally The art of Sally Morgan Melbourne, Viking, 1996 Plate 26, Birthright The date of the print in the book is 1989, the NGA print was already in the collection in 1988.
Creators
Morgan, Sally. | (1951–) Aboriginal Australian | Female | artist