MM and Chair.
Primary Artist
George Baldessin (1939–1978)
Title
Reference
Kolenberg, J (1997), 279.
Date made
1977
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print types
intaglio | stencil
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate; stencil, printed in green ink, from three stencils
Matrix size
72.4 x 60.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
medium-weight textures cream wove Arches paper
Support size
93.4 x 80.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
papermaker's watermark upper right, 'Arches FRANCE'.
State
3rd state of 3, published state
Impression
1/25
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 77'. Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'M M and chair'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '1/25'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed on cream adhesive tape lower left in black pencil, 'NOTE / FIRST OF EDITION / FOR / CANBERRA?'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
no inscription.
Subject description
Nude Mary Magdalene floating above a chair.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103486
Accession number
77.1021
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Purchased from Gallery A, Sydney, 8 November 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
BALDESSIN, George | (1939–1978) Australian | Italian | Male | artist