Child away
Primary Artist
Robert Rooney (1937–2017)
Title
Date made
1955
Place made
Swinburne Technical College, John Street, Hawthorn, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in warm black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
17.0 x 13.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
21.5 x 16.0 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'ROBERT ROONEY'. Titled and editioned, lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'CHILD AWAY. ARTIST'S PROOF'. Dated, lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'CIRCA 1955.'
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
171845
Accession number
2008.63
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 4, 2007/2008 (2008-02-26)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from the artist, Melbourne, 2008
Credit line
Gift of the artist, 2008
Copyright
© the artist
Creators
Rooney, Robert. | (1937–2017) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013