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An image of The winding road to Berowra waters by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
The winding road to Berowra waters
Other titles:
Berowra Creek, Hawkesbury
Year
(circa 1939)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured in gouache on cream laid Japanese paper
Edition
Unknown edition, hand coloured
Dimensions

29.7 x 29.8cm blockmark; 35.4 x 31.9cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.l., incised "MP". Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Bequest of W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1977
Accession number
205.1977
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Roger Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 52, 206 (colour illus.). cat.no. 223

Roger Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 192 (colour illus.). cat.no. 223

Rhonda Davis (Curator), Berowra visions: Margaret Preston & beyond 2005, North Ryde, 2005, 40 (colour illus.), 73.

Peter Read, Belonging: Australians, place and Aboriginal ownership, Cambridge, 2000, front cover (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (1)

Berowra visions: Margaret Preston and beyond, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, 05 Sep 2005–31 Oct 2005