Margaret Preston
(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)
- Title
- Arum lilies
- Year
- circa 1925
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured in gouache on thin cream laid Japanese paper
- Edition
- 2nd proof from an edition of 50, uncoloured
- Dimensions
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24.7 x 12.3cm blockmark; 27.4 x 14.2cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed in block to print l.l., incised "M.P". Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1964
- Accession number
- DA41.1964
- Copyright
- © Margaret Rose Preston Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (3)
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Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 109 (colour illus.). cat.no. 69
Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 97 (illus.). cat.no. 69
Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 28 (illus.), 87. cat.no. P.8
- Exhibition history (2)
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Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986.
Art Deco: from Sydney cinemas and pubs to skyscrapers, Museum of Sydney, 12 Jun 1999–05 Sep 1999.
