Birthright

Primary Artist

Sally Morgan (1951–)

Title

Birthright

Date made

1988

Place made

Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013