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An image of Landmark by Hertha Kluge-Pott

Hertha Kluge-Pott

(Australia 16 Dec 1934– )

Title
Landmark
Year
1994
Media category
Print
Materials used
engraving, drypoint on copper, black ink on white BFK Rives paper
Edition
6/12
Dimensions

44.7 x 49.8cm platemark; 60.1 x 65.8cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., pencil "Hertha Kluge-Pott 1994".
Credit
Purchased 1997
Accession number
278.1997
Copyright
© Hertha Kluge-Pott
Location
Not on display
Further information

Hertha Kluge-Pott was born in Berlin, Germany and arrived in Australia in 1958 after studying at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and Braunschweig (Berlin Academy of Art) 1953-58. She studied printmaking at RMIT, Melbourne 1960-63. Her work was included in the Gallery's important early touring exhibition 'Australian print survey' in 1963. She has taught printmaking in Melbourne since 1967, principally at RMIT. In 1981 her work began to be influenced by the landscape and flora of the coast near Cape Bridgewater, in south west Victoria, a theme that has continued to underline her current work. 'Landmark' was etched onto a copper plate that had been used previously by the artist, and printed at her studio in Melbourne.

"I am looking at the land intensely, but I am not interested in making the conventional picture-stage. I am trying to convey the feeling of turbulent upside-down-downside-up in an inside-out and outside-in place. The initial work is exciting and relatively easy, but the follow up layering and defining with drypoint tools remains a long-lasting challenge - some plates have taken up to one year to 'complete'". (Sasha Grishin, 'Australian printmaking in the 1990s', Sydney: Craftsman House, 1997 pg. 152)

Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998

Bibliography (2)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Contemporary Australian prints from the collection, Domain, 2004. cat.no. 22

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 160 (illus.). cat.no. 137

Exhibition history (7)

Recent Etchings and Drypoints by Hertha Kluge-Pott, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 29 Aug 1994–24 Sep 1994.

Sites and Places, a survey, Hertha Kluge-Pott and Danny McDonald, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 20 Feb 1995–27 Mar 1995.

Sites and Places, a survey, Hertha Kluge-Pott and Danny McDonald, Riddoch Art Gallery, 07 Apr 1995–07 May 1995.

Sites and Places, a survey, Hertha Kluge-Pott and Danny McDonald, Naracoorte Art Gallery, 11 May 1995–25 May 1995.

Sites and Places, a survey, Hertha Kluge-Pott and Danny McDonald, Millicent Art Gallery, 30 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995.

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.