Lyre bird feeding
Primary Artist
Murray Griffin (1903–1992)
Title
Reference
Bunbury (1998), 43
Date made
1935
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks
Matrix size
16.6 x 43.2 cm (printed image)
Support
cream lithographic wove paper
Support size
24.2 x 44.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
4/17
Edition information
edition of 17
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated in block lower left corner, '...1935 V/M/G' initials in monogram. Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Murray Griffin 35-'. Inscribed in block lower left corner, 'LYRE/BIRD/FEEDING/...'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '4/17'. Inscribed lower centre below printed image in black pencil, ' 'Lyre Bird Feeding' '.
Subject description
Native Australian fauna: single male lyrebird feeding (probably superb lyrebird, menura novaehollandiae) emerging from rainforest foliage.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39128
Accession number
76.722.33
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1976/77 (1976-10-12)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 12 October 1976, part of a group of 65 prints by various artists.
Credit line
Purchased 1976
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GRIFFIN, Murray | (1903–1992) Australian | Male | artist