Primaeval form
1965
Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
66.0 × 43.0 cm (image 76.3 × 51.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Joanna Tanaka-King and Angela Hey in memory of Inge and Grahame King through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Warrandyte, Melbourne, Victoria
Edition
ed. 9/24
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 9/24 / 24
inscribed in pencil l.c.: ‘Primaeval Form’
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Grahame King’ ‘65
embossed l.r.: GK (monogram) (in a rectangle)
Accession Number
2022.276
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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