Before the dancing
Primary Artist
Sally Morgan (1951–)
Title
Date made
1986
Place made
Australia, Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle View on map Close map
Category
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in black ink, from one screen
Matrix size
46.0 x 40.4 cm (image)
Support
white wove Canson JA Dessin paper
Support size
75.1 x 59.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
blindstamp: lower edge, '/// DESSIN JA///', repeated
State
published state
Impression
70/70
Edition information
edition of 70
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed on screen lower right corner, 'S [artist's monogram]'. Signed lower right corner in black pencil, 'Sally Morgan...'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right corner in black pencil, '...70/70'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
68870
Accession number
87.809
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 9, 1986/87 (1987-05-21)
Provenance
Birukmarri Gallery, 47 High Street, Fremantle 6160.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1987
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Letter on file 84/822 pt2 folio 30 and folio 25 "These three women are my great grandmother, my grandmother and her sister. They used to participate in corroborrees around Marble Bar. The picture is meant to reflect a sense of pride in what they are doing." Morgan, Sally The art of Sally Morgan Melbourne, Viking, 1996 Plate 7, Before the dancing The print is dated 1987 in the book, however the NGA print was already in the collection in early 1987.
Creators
Morgan, Sally. | (1951–) Aboriginal Australian | Female | artist