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Title

Sherbrooke Forest number 6, from the album Volume 3

1962

Artist

Fred Williams

Australia, England

23 Jan 1927 – 22 Apr 1982

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  • Details

    Date
    1962
    Media categories
    Print , Book
    Materials used
    drypoint, aquatint, engraving, sepia ink on Kent paper
    Edition
    Only state, ed. 8/10
    Dimensions
    13.0 x 14.8 cm platemark; 17.0 x 19.0 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r., pencil "Fred Williams.". Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Gwen Frolich 2004
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    359.2005.36
    Copyright
    © Estate of Fred Williams

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    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

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • James Mollison, Fred Williams etchings, Woollahra, 1968.

    • Anne Ryan, Look, 'Fred Williams: First showing of his etchings given by Gwen Frolich', pg. 15, Sydney, May 2006, 15 (colour illus., State iii of 4 edition 31/35 ).

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