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Title

Merchant seaman number 3, from the album Volume 2

1955-1956

Artist

Fred Williams

Australia, England

23 Jan 1927 – 22 Apr 1982

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  • Details

    Date
    1955-1956
    Media categories
    Print , Book
    Materials used
    etching, aquatint, engraving, rough bite, black ink on Kent paper
    Edition
    State iv of 5, ed. 4/12
    Dimensions
    15.1 x 11.1 cm platemark; 18.9 x 14.4 cm sheet
    Signature & date

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

    Credit
    Gift of Gwen Frolich 2004
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    358.2005.8
    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

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