Medium
etching and aquatint
Measurements
15.8 × 14.2 cm (image) 16.7 × 15.4 cm irreg. (plate) 28.6 × 25.4 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Kenneth Hood, 1995
© Christopher Croft/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia Sydney
Gallery location
Not on display
Edition
ed. 53/60
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 53/60
inscribed in pencil l.c.: 'Burning land'
inscribed in pencil l.r.: C. Croft
Accession Number
1995.372
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Physical description
Depicts a surreal and sparse landscape; smoke billows into the atmosphere from a grate in the ground, past a tall pole around which a rope twists in suspended animation, while a group of strange, numbered forms float in the sky
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