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An image of Native flowers by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
Native flowers
Year
(circa 1927)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured with gouache on thick cream laid Japanese paper
Edition
3rd proof from an unknown edition, hand coloured
Dimensions

29.6 x 29.2cm blockmark; 40.9 x 33.4cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.l., incised "M.P.". Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1976
Accession number
216.1976
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 142 (colour illus.). cat.no. 121

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 80, 82, 85 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 132 (colour illus.). cat.no. 121

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 88. cat.no. P.20

The Home: an Australian quarterly Feb 1928, Feb 1928, front cover (colour illus.). titled 'Australian Flowers and Fruit'

Exhibition history (7)

Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986.

Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, Hyde Park Barracks, 19 May 1995–13 Aug 1995.

Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, 31 Aug 1995–08 Oct 1995.

Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, National Library of Australia, 26 Oct 1995–31 Oct 1996.

Margaret Preston in Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, 07 Sep 2002–13 Oct 2002.

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.