Factory smoke III.
Primary Artist
George Baldessin (1939–1978)
Title
Other titles
Window and factory smoke III
Date made
1970
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Winfield Building Studio View on map Close map
Category
Print types
intaglio | stencil
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from three plates; stencil, printed in colour, from two stencils
Support
thin smooth cream wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 25
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'George Baldessin 70' Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Factory Smoke III Edition 25'
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
no inscription.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Printed verso upper left on rectangular white adhesive sticker in black ink 'CROSSLEY GALLERY / ORIGINAL GRAPHICS'. Inscribed verso upper left on rectangular white adhesive sticker in black ball-point pen, 'GEORGE BALDESSIN / FACTORY SMOKE III / ETCHING / $60'.
Subject description
Chimney stacks and smoke viewed through windows.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
44859
Accession number
73.472
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Acquisitions Committee, Canberra, Meeting 4 (1973-06-08)
Provenance
Purchased by the Acquisition Committee (Australian National Gallery), from Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, 8 June 1973.
Credit line
Purchased 1973
Country of context
Australia
Creators
BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | artist