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An image of The gorge by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
The gorge
Year
(circa 1944)
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour masonite cut, hand coloured in gouache on tan laid Japanese paper
Edition
Unknown edition, printed in colour, hand coloured
Dimensions

40.0 x 34.0cm blockmark; 45.9 x 38.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.l., incised "M.P.". Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Bequest of W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1977
Accession number
215.1977
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 225 (colour illus.). cat.no. 248

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 212 (colour illus.), 213. cat.no. 248

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 90, 91 (colour illus.). cat.no. P.44; titled 'Galston Gorge N.S.W.'

Exhibition history (1)

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.