Margaret Preston

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

Title

Woodblock for 'Wheel flower'

Other titles:

Woodblock for 'Wheelflower'

Year

(circa 1928)

Media category

Printing blocks & plates

Materials used

nine end-grain huon pine, buff-jointed and engraved

Dimensions

43.9 x 44.5cm block

Signature & date

Signed in block l.r., incised "MP". Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Mr W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1963

Accession number

DA55.1963

Copyright

Location

Not on display

Bibliography (6)

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 22 (colour illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 154 (colour illus.).

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 252 (colour illus.).

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 6 (illus.). cat.no. 50

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 144 (illus.).

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 94. cat.no. B.1

Exhibition history (6)

International Works on Paper Fair Sydney 1995, Mitchell Library, 14 Jul 1995–16 Jul 1995.

Ways of Viewing: Carol Rudyard and Margaret Preston, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, 18 Nov 1996–26 Jan 1997.

Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006.