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An image of Gums by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)

Title
Gums
Year
1925
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured with gouache on ivory Japanese paper
Edition
24th proof from an edition of 50, hand coloured
Dimensions

12.4 x 12.0cm blockmark; 21.8 x 19.2cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.r., incised "MP". Signed l.r., pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1964
Accession number
DA26.1964
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 114 (colour illus.). cat.no. 78

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 102 (colour illus.). cat.no. 78

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 30 (colour illus.), 88. cat.no. P.17

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 54 (illus.). cat.no.P.15

Exhibition history (1)

Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986.