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Details
- Date
- (circa 1925)
- Media category
- Materials used
- linocut on paper
- Dimensions
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22.1 x 18.9 cm sheet
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0 - Whole, 22.1 cm (8 11/16")
0 - Whole, 18.9 cm (7 7/16")
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "M. Napier Waller.". Not dated.
Signed with monogram in block to print l.l., incised "MNW".- Credit
- Purchased 1975
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 84.1975
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Trustees of the Waller Estate
- Artist information
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Napier Waller
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About
Napier Wailer was one of the first artists in Australia to make and exhibit linocuts. This early example of his work and the adjacent 'The shepherd' are so finely cut that they were incorrectly identified as wood engravings when first exhibited in 1923 at Tyrrell's Gallery in Sydney.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989
Heaven on Earth: Visions of Arcadia, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 01 Oct 2005–27 Nov 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Deborah Edwards, Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, Sydney, Sep 1989, 64.
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Grahame Kime., Heaven on earth: Visions of arcadia, 'Visions of Arcadia', Gymea, 2005. List of works; not paginated
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