Home is the sailor
Primary Artist
Murray Griffin (1903–1992)
Title
Reference
Bunbury (1998), 137
Date made
1974
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print types
stencil | relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks; screenprint
Matrix size
33.7 x 45.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thin hot-pressed white wove paper
Support size
38.0 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
27/27
Edition information
edition of 27
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in pencil, 'Murray Griffin'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below printed image in pencil, '27/27'. Titled lower center below image in pencil, ''Home is the Sailor _''. Inscribed lower left corner in faded pencil, '4'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
126849
Accession number
2003.60
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 2002/2003 (26 March 2003)
Provenance
The artist untill his death in 1991. By descent to Nicholas Griffin, the artist's son, Melbourne, 1991. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 2003.
Credit line
Purchased with assistance from the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2003
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GRIFFIN, Murray | (1903–1992) Australian | Male | artist