The time of the failing of beauty
(c. 1983)
from the Zone series (c. 1983)
Medium
etching, deep-etching and aquatint
Measurements
22.6 × 16.6 cm (plate) 56.6 × 37.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Stephen Wickham, 1996
© Deborah Walker/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 13/25
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: ZONE / The time of the failing of beauty
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 13/25 D. Walker
Accession Number
1996.813.7
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
A series of dark and richly worked etchings in which Walker translates excerpts of a poem by Baudelaire into a visual form. Combining her characteristically idiosyncratic figuration with the depiction of sometimes esoteric objects, she depicts the narrative in a highly personal although symbolic way.