Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
100.2 × 45.0 cm irreg. (image) 100.2 × 60.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Grahame King, Member, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
Edition
artist's proof 2/4
Printing/Publishing
printed by the artist
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: A/P 2/4
inscribed in pencil l.c.l.: 'Calypso I'
inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: Grahame King '89
Accession Number
1995.516
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Physical description
While individual prints reflect particular influences - such as the abstract, organic forms prevalent in Australian art during the 1960s and the art of Eastern calligraphy - all are exemplary of King's characteristic non-representational imagery.
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