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Christian Waller
The lords of Venus (1932)
linocut on transfer paper
31.6 × 13.8 cm (image) 33.0 × 14.8 cm (sheet) 51.7 × 33.9 cm (secondary support)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1932
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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The lords of Venus
(1932)
plate 6 from The great breath series 1932
Medium
linocut on transfer paper
Measurements
31.6 × 13.8 cm (image) 33.0 × 14.8 cm (sheet) 51.7 × 33.9 cm (secondary support)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1932
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In 1930, Napier and Christian Waller befriended publisher Tatlock Miller, who founded Golden Arrow Press. His first publication was Christian Waller’s The Great Breath, featuring these seven linocuts. Christian learned the technique from Napier, and she cut and printed the blocks on a nineteenth-century printing press in their Ivanhoe home. The central theme of the book is the spiritual evolution of humankind through seven stages, as described in the writings of Madame Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophist movement. The designs draw upon ancient Egyptian and Greek imagery, astrology and numerology, symbols of the zodiac, as well as Art Deco design.
Artwork Details
Printing/Publishing
printed by the artist
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Christian Waller-
Accession Number
4626.6-3
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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