Aida Tomescu
(Australia, Romania 30 Oct 1955– )
- Title
- Ithaca IV, from the series Ithaca
- Year
- 1997
- Media category
- Materials used
- soft-ground etching, hard ground etching, drypoint, black ink on white Fabriano 290 gsm paper
- Edition
- artist's proof from an edition of 15
- Dimensions
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49.7 x 39.8cm platemark; 76.0 x 56.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., pencil "A C T ´97".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2001
- Accession number
- 329.2001.4
- Copyright
- © Aida Tomescu. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The 'Ithaca' series of prints grew from the artist's experience returning to her homeland, Romania for the first time since settling in Australia in 1980. Tomescu was awarded the 1996 LSFA Arts 21 Fellowship, which enabled her to travel to Northern Moldavia, to visit various monasteries that contained extensive 16th and 17th century frescos. She had been reminded of these frescoes, which she had known as a student, watching a documentary on the poetry of Paul Celan, and wished to revisit them.
As the series progressed, the lines and mark making became more open and free. She worked on the plates in Sydney initially before they were proofed and the edition was printed, by John Loane in Melbourne.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2001
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Aida Tomescu: 1996 LSFA Arts 21 Fellow 8, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 08 Nov 1997–13 Dec 1997.
Contemporary Australian prints from the collection (2004), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Apr 2004–06 Jun 2004.
