Title
Lineal legend
1965
printed 1990
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Lineal legends
- Place where the work was made
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Canberra
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Australian Capital Territory
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Australia
- Dates
- 1965
printed 1990 - Media category
- Materials used
- linocut, black ink on white wove paper
- Edition
- 9/50
- Dimensions
- 62.1 x 50.0 blockmark (irreg.); 76.2 x 56.8 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "Kevin Gilbert '65/ ... 1990
- Credit
- Purchased 1993
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 311.1993
- Artist information
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Kevin Gilbert
Works in the collection
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About
Kevin Gilbert was born at Condobolin, NSW. A writer, artist and activist, his linocuts are the earliest known Aboriginal prints on paper, made while he was in prison in 1965. His prints combine Aboriginal symbols with a western perspective, reflecting his experience in two cultures. "In 1965, mature, I saw art and writing as a way to communicate. My father's studio was my first lino print. Carved with tools I'd made from a spoon, gem blades, nails on a piece of old, brittle lino off the prison floor, I wanted to show the natural pride and completeness of the Aboriginal artist, the cave, the art, the landscape". (Chris McGuigan (ed.), 'New tracks old land, contemporary prints from Aboriginal Australia', Sydney: Aboriginal Arts Management Association, 1992, pg. 30)
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998
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Places
Where the work was made
Canberra
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 144 (illus.). cat.no. 122
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