Graham Fransella
(England, Australia 03 Jun 1950– )
- Title
- Figure on beach II
- Year
- 1994
- Media category
- Materials used
- sugarlift aquatint, foul biting on eight copper plates, burnt sienna and black ink on four sheets ivory wove Arches paper
- Edition
- A/P for edition of 10
- Dimensions
-
159.7 x 176.8cm sheet [overall]
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner bot.r. sheet [part d], brown pencil "Fransella 94".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Arthur Boyd Acquisition Fund 1995
- Accession number
- 262.1995.a-d
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Monumental figures are the predominant feature in Graham Fransella’s recent work - 'Figure on beach II' is one of a number of very large, multi-sheet prints with the human figure as their central focus. Fransella applied sugar-lift aquatint with a brush, resulting in broad, painterly strokes forming the image, the final composition enriched by accidental marks made on the etching plates, which were retained deliberately for their pleasing visual effect.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
- Bibliography (2)
-
Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Contemporary Australian prints from the collection, Domain, 2004. cat.no. 12
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 159 (colour illus.). cat.no. 136
- Exhibition history (2)
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Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999.
Contemporary Australian prints from the collection (2004), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Apr 2004–06 Jun 2004.
