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The readymade boomerang
Medium
colour offset lithograph, offset lithograph printed in two inks, woodcut on Chinese rice paper mounted on paper with Chinese stamps, colour screenprint on zinc-coated steel, colour screenprint, offset lithograph printed in three colours, hand-applied humbrol enamel, colour lithograph, aquatint, photogravure and screenprint
Measurements
(1) 68.4 × 100.0 cm (image and sheet)
(2) 98.0 × 68.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(3) 38.7 × 30.5 cm (image) 48.6 × 45.0 cm (sheet) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (support)
(4) 62.0 × 96.0 cm (image) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (support)
(5) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(6) 66.2 × 56.8 cm (image) 90.0 × 63.2 cm (sheet)
(7) 76.0 × 49.8 cm (image) 100.4 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(8) 85.0 × 42.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(9) 39.8 × 59.8 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(10) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(11) 54.8 × 90.0 cm (image) 62.4 × 98.2 cm (sheet)
(12) 98.4 × 68.3 cm (image) 99.7 × 69.6 cm (sheet)
(13) 40.0 × 24.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(14) 91.2 × 67.3 cm (image and sheet)
(15) 47.5 × 39.1 cm (image) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(16) 100.0 × 70.2 cm (image and sheet)
(17) 59.0 × 75.0 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(18) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (sheet)
(19) 63.3 × 88.6 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.4 cm (sheet)
(20) 92.4 × 62.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(21) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
Edition
ed. 19/60
Printing/Publishing
published by René Block
Inscription
(1) inscribed in pencil l.r.: D Adams 90
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: 19/60
(2) inscribed in felt-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Barbara Bloom 1990 19/60
inscribed in ink c.: ASHES TO ASHES / DIAMONDS TO DIAMONDS / DUST TO DUST
(3) inscribed in pencil on support c.r.: K. P. Brehmer 1990
stamped in red ink c.: (6 Asian characters)
(4) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Janet Burchill / "Temptation to Exist Etc..." 90 / 19/60
(5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60 John Cage '89
(6) inscribed in pencil l.r.: .ACragg '90
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Eden
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/90
chopmark l.r.: L Original Lucas Hand Farbenlichtdruck Vollfaksimile (Original Lucas Hand Farbenlichtdruck Vollfaksimile around L)
(7) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Rosalie Gascoigne '90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(8) inscribed in pencil l.l.: R Hamilton
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60
(9) inscribed in pencil l.r. I Kabakov 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
inscribed in ink l.c.: Anna Lwowna Semina: "To whom does this apple belong?" Oleg Borisowitch Lepin: "I do not know."
(10) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Allan Kaprow
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(11) inscribed in pencil l.r.: (...illeg.) 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(12) inscribed in pencil l.r.: PAIK
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60
(13) inscribed in pencil l.c.: SARKIS 19/60
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: SARKIS 19/60
(14) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Julian Schnabel 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
chopmark l.l.: Vigna Antoniniana / AA / Stamperia D'Arte
(15) inscribed in pencil l.r.: R Trockel
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(16) stamped in ink l.r.: detail / A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/ / someone looks at something... / LOGOS / HA HA
inscribed in pencil l.r: Peter Tyndall
stamped in ink l.r.: FOSTERVILLE INSTITUTE OF / APPLIED & PROGRESSIVE / CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 1990
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(17) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Ken Unsworth '90
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Windy doggy waiting by white water
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(19) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Boyd Webb
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Cortex
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(20) inscribed in pencil l.r.: LM 90 / 19/60
printed in ink l.r.: LAWRENCE WEINER / SYDNEY 1990
(21) inscribed in pencil l.l.: THE X-FACTOR 19/60 Emmett Williams
Accession Number
P7.1-21-1991
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Philip Russell, Fellow, 1991
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A portfolio of 21 prints executed in various media