Emus c1923

MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963)

Emus c1923

woodcut
17.0 x 12.0 cm (image); 26.5 x 21.0 cm (sheet); 28.5 x 23.5 cm (framed)
signed lower right: Margaret Preston
titled lower left: Emus
signed with initial within image lower left: P
edition of 50

Provenance:
Gift from the artist, private collection, New South Wales
Thence by descent, private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited:
Exhibition of Woodcuts, Tyrrell's Art Galleries, Sydney, September 1923 (another example)
Exhibition of Woodcuts by Margaret Preston, Dunster Galleries, Adelaide, September 1926 (another example)
The Prints of Margaret Preston, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 8 August - 18 October 1987, cat.6 (another example)

Reference:
Ure Smith, S., & Gellert, L. (eds.), Art in Australia, Sydney, 3rd series, no.4, May 1923, pp.41-42 (illus., another example)
Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1987, p.80, cat.24 (illus., another example)
Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, revised edition, 2005, p.92, cat.24 (illus., another example)
Harding, L., Margaret Preston: Recipes for Food and Art, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2016, p.111 (illus., another example)

Related Works:
Another example of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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