What will it be like...

Primary Artist

Toni Robertson (1953–)

Title

What will it be like...

Source

The royal nuclear show.

Page or Plate number

no.1

Date made

1981

Place made

Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Experimental Art Foundation View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from four hand-cut and three photo-stencils

Matrix size

77.4 x 51.7 cm (printed image)

Support

wove paper

Support size

82.6 x 58.1 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run of 230

Production notes

The artist notes: I wanted to use the visual seductiveness of a multi-coloured screenprinted surface both to attract people to the posters and as part of the general advertising surface so important to the Show. Colour, particularly red, was used to relate and emphasise different parts within the poster and to bind the series together. Each poster has seven colours printed in the following sequence - pale blue, darker blue, red, pink (hand-cut stencils, grey, transparent yellow and black (photostencils). Two hundred and thirty sets were printed. (Toni Robertoson, 'The Royal Nuclear Show 1979-81' in Virginia Coventry (ed) The critical distance, Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1986, p.179.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'THE ROYAL NUCLEAR SHOW - 1'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

87849

Accession number

82.1803.1

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1982/83 (1982-11-08)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, Canberra, 1982'.

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Copyright

© Toni Robertson

Subject category

Anti-nuclear/Atomic issues

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Robertson, Toni. | (1953–) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013