Dorrit Black
(Australia 23 Dec 1891–13 Sep 1951)
- Title
- Black boys
- Other titles:
- Blackboys
- Year
- (circa 1939-circa 1945)
- Media category
- Materials used
- linocut, printed in colour from six blocks on thin ivory laid tissue
- Edition
- unknown impression from edition of 50
- Dimensions
-
26.3 x 22.9cm image; 30.3 x 27.7cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Signed within block to print l.r. corner, blue ink "DB [monogram]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.F.B. Black 1968
- Accession number
- DA30.1968
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The subject derives from a stay on the farm 'Woodenup' (owned by one of the artist's uncles) in the Kojunup region of Western Australia.
- Bibliography (4)
-
Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 21 (colour illus.).
Stephen Coppel (Australia) (Author), Linocuts of the machine age: Claude Flight and the Grosvenor school, England, 1995, 162, 163 (illus.). cat.no. DB 41; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.
Josef Lebovic (Australia) (Author), Masterpieces of Australian printmaking, Paddington, 1987, 12, 13 (colour illus.). cat.no. 8; titled 'Blackboys'; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.
Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Dorrit Black, North Melbourne, 1979.
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Mar 2010–11 Jul 2010.
