Golden cockerel

Primary Artist

Florence Higgs (1918–2006)

Title

Golden cockerel

Date made

1956

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from six blocks

Matrix size

28.0 x 20.2 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove lithographic paper

Support size

36.4 x 25.8 cm (sheet (irregular))

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

trial proof

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in blue pen, 'Florence M. Higgs'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in blue pen, 'Golden Cockerel'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in blue pen, 'Trial Proof'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso, lower right in black pencil, 'Higgs 1' [1 encircled].

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

40903

Accession number

86.18

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Collection of the artist Harry Rosengrave (1899-1896), Melbourne. Purchased by the ANG from his family through Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Support scorch marked. Exhibited in "Prints by the Melbourne Graphic Artists" at Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 25 Sept - 4 Oct 1956. Cat. No. 19 "The Golden Cockerel ... colour lino-cut".

Creators

Higgs, Florence. | (1918–2006) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013