Fred Williams
(Australia, England 1927–1982)
- Title
- Mad pianist, from the album Volume 1
- Year
- 1955-1956
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, engraving, black ink on Kent paper
- Edition
- State ii of 2, ed. 3/20
- Dimensions
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11.6 x 16.8cm platemark; 15.1 x 19.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Fred Williams.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Gwen Frolich 2004
- Accession number
- 357.2005.16
- Copyright
- © Estate of Fred Williams
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Fred Williams was a major painter and draughtsman of the Australian landscape, and the most significant and influential Australian printmaker of the latter half of last century. His work has been the subject of a number of important exhibitions and publications in the past few years; most recently, his prints were shown in a solo exhibition at the British Museum in 2003.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
- Bibliography (2)
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James Mollison (Australia, b.1932) (Author), Fred Williams etchings, Woollahra, 1968.
Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Fred Williams: infinite horizons, Canberra, 2011, 37, 38 (illus.). NOTE: This is not the AGNSW impression.
