Assemblage of past images.
Primary Artist
George Baldessin (1939–1978)
Title
Reference
Kolenberg, J (1997), 221. Holloway/Lindsay (1983), 87.
Date made
1973
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 one shaped magnesium plate; over stencil, printed in gradated colour roll, from three stencils.
Matrix size
55.6 x 40.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin textured cream wove paper
Support size
80.1 x 55.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition of 25
Production notes
gradated colour roll from orange to pink.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'George Baldessin 73'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, ' Edition 25 'Assemblage of past images''.
Subject description
Assemblage of artist's recurring motifs including banquet table and chair (banquet for no eating), smoke from a chimney stack, a city monument, an extenable mirror, 'stripes', a nude woman, a nude female sculptural form, and a man in top hat (MM).
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34247
Accession number
75.466
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 16 (1975-12-09)
Provenance
Purchased from Crossley Gallery, Melbourne, 9 December 1975.
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Country of context
Australia
Creators
BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | artist