Nursing mothers in the day nursery of a diesel factory.
Primary Artist
Danny Moynihan (1948–)
Title
Nursing mothers in the day nursery of a diesel factory.
Date made
1975
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, etching, drypoint, foul biting, printed in black ink, from two plates
Matrix size
50.2 x 37.8 cm (plate-mark (a))
Support
thick cream wove paper
Support size
76.6 x 103.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
artist's proof
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'D. Moynihan 1975'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'A/P'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Nursing Mothers in the day nursery of a diesel factory'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
11882
Accession number
98.6
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 1998/99 (1998-08-11)
Provenance
The artist, Richmond, Victoria.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1998
Country of context
Australia
Notes
"The women are Annita and her mother, holding Jack and the source for the creche was the City Creche in Exhibition Street". Daniel Moynihan. A conversation with Elizabeth Cross, Imprint vol.3, Sept 1982 p3-6 ill p5.
Creators
Moynihan, Danny. | (1948–) Australian | Male | artist