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An image of Protea by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)

Title
Protea
Year
1925
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand-coloured with gouache on thin ivory laid tissue
Edition
11th proof from an edition of 50, hand coloured
Dimensions

24.8 x 24.6cm blockmark; 37.4 x 34.5cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.r., incised "M.P." ['P' in reverse]. Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Dated l.l. beneath blockmark, pencil "... 25". Dated l.l., pencil "... 25".
Credit
Purchased 1976
Accession number
176.1976
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (14)

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 10 (colour illus.).

Art-isan: studio arts for VCE units 1-4 2010, 2010, 102 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 132 (colour illus.). cat.no. 106; NOTE: the uncoloured edition is reproduced

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 80 (colour illus.).

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Modern Australian women: paintings & prints 1925-1945, Adelaide, 2000, 19 (colour illus.), 67, 70, 124. Collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 122 (illus.). cat.no. 106

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 29 (colour illus.), 87. cat.no. P.11

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 53 (illus.). cat.no. P.11

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950, Armadale, 1978, 20 (illus.). no. 25

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 61] 15 Nov 1935, 15 Nov 1935, 51 (illus., printed in brown).

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 57] 15 Nov 1934, 15 Nov 1934, title page (illus., printed in red).

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 22] Dec 1927, Dec 1927, title page (illus., printed in blue), 68 (colour illus.). plate no. 33

The Home: an Australian quarterly Aug 1927, Aug 1927, 26 (illus.).

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 14] Dec 1925, Dec 1925, 62 (illus.). titled 'Waratahs'

Exhibition history (4)

Art Deco: from Sydney cinemas and pubs to skyscrapers, Museum of Sydney, 12 Jun 1999–05 Sep 1999.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006.

Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Mar 2010–11 Jul 2010.