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The artist, title and date of the work must be listed anywhere the image is reproduced:
Dennis Adams
Barbara Bloom
K. P. Brehmer
Janet Burchill
John Cage
Tony Cragg
Rosalie Gascoigne
Richard Hamilton
Ilya Kabakov
Allan Kaprow
Bjørn Nørgaard
Nam June Paik
Sarkis
Julian Schnabel
Rosemarie Trockel
Peter Tyndall
Ken Unsworth
Ben Vautier
Boyd Webb
Lawrence Weiner
Emmett Williams
The readymade boomerang 1990
colour offset lithograph, offset lithograph printed in two inks, woodcut on Chinese rice paper mounted on paper with Chinese stamps, colour screenprint on zinc-coated steel, colour screenprint, offset lithograph printed in three colours, hand-applied humbrol enamel, colour lithograph, aquatint, photogravure and screenprint
(1) 68.4 × 100.0 cm (image and sheet)
(2) 98.0 × 68.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(3) 38.7 × 30.5 cm (image) 48.6 × 45.0 cm (sheet) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (support)
(4) 62.0 × 96.0 cm (image) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (support)
(5) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(6) 66.2 × 56.8 cm (image) 90.0 × 63.2 cm (sheet)
(7) 76.0 × 49.8 cm (image) 100.4 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(8) 85.0 × 42.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(9) 39.8 × 59.8 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(10) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(11) 54.8 × 90.0 cm (image) 62.4 × 98.2 cm (sheet)
(12) 98.4 × 68.3 cm (image) 99.7 × 69.6 cm (sheet)
(13) 40.0 × 24.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(14) 91.2 × 67.3 cm (image and sheet)
(15) 47.5 × 39.1 cm (image) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(16) 100.0 × 70.2 cm (image and sheet)
(17) 59.0 × 75.0 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(18) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (sheet)
(19) 63.3 × 88.6 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.4 cm (sheet)
(20) 92.4 × 62.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(21) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Philip Russell, Fellow, 1991
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Dennis ADAMS, Barbara BLOOM, K. P. BREHMER, Janet BURCHILL, John CAGE, Tony CRAGG, Rosalie GASCOIGNE, Richard HAMILTON, Ilya KABAKOV, Allan KAPROW, Bjørn NØRGAARD, Nam June PAIK, SARKIS, Julian SCHNABEL, Rosemarie TROCKEL, Peter TYNDALL, Ken UNSWORTH, Ben VAUTIER, Boyd WEBB, Lawrence WEINER, Emmett WILLIAMS
The readymade boomerang
1990
Medium
colour offset lithograph, offset lithograph printed in two inks, woodcut on Chinese rice paper mounted on paper with Chinese stamps, colour screenprint on zinc-coated steel, colour screenprint, offset lithograph printed in three colours, hand-applied humbrol enamel, colour lithograph, aquatint, photogravure and screenprint
Measurements
(1) 68.4 × 100.0 cm (image and sheet)
(2) 98.0 × 68.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(3) 38.7 × 30.5 cm (image) 48.6 × 45.0 cm (sheet) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (support)
(4) 62.0 × 96.0 cm (image) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (support)
(5) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(6) 66.2 × 56.8 cm (image) 90.0 × 63.2 cm (sheet)
(7) 76.0 × 49.8 cm (image) 100.4 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(8) 85.0 × 42.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(9) 39.8 × 59.8 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(10) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(11) 54.8 × 90.0 cm (image) 62.4 × 98.2 cm (sheet)
(12) 98.4 × 68.3 cm (image) 99.7 × 69.6 cm (sheet)
(13) 40.0 × 24.0 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(14) 91.2 × 67.3 cm (image and sheet)
(15) 47.5 × 39.1 cm (image) 100.2 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(16) 100.0 × 70.2 cm (image and sheet)
(17) 59.0 × 75.0 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
(18) 70.0 × 100.0 cm (sheet)
(19) 63.3 × 88.6 cm (image) 70.2 × 100.4 cm (sheet)
(20) 92.4 × 62.4 cm (image) 100.0 × 70.0 cm (sheet)
(21) 70.4 × 100.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Philip Russell, Fellow, 1991
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 19/60
Printing/Publishing
published by René Block
Inscription
(1) inscribed in pencil l.r.: D Adams 90
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: 19/60
(2) inscribed in felt-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Barbara Bloom 1990 19/60
inscribed in ink c.: ASHES TO ASHES / DIAMONDS TO DIAMONDS / DUST TO DUST
(3) inscribed in pencil on support c.r.: K. P. Brehmer 1990
stamped in red ink c.: (6 Asian characters)
(4) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: Janet Burchill / "Temptation to Exist Etc..." 90 / 19/60
(5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60 John Cage '89
(6) inscribed in pencil l.r.: .ACragg '90
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Eden
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/90
chopmark l.r.: L Original Lucas Hand Farbenlichtdruck Vollfaksimile (Original Lucas Hand Farbenlichtdruck Vollfaksimile around L)
(7) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Rosalie Gascoigne '90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(8) inscribed in pencil l.l.: R Hamilton
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60
(9) inscribed in pencil l.r. I Kabakov 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
inscribed in ink l.c.: Anna Lwowna Semina: "To whom does this apple belong?" Oleg Borisowitch Lepin: "I do not know."
(10) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Allan Kaprow
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(11) inscribed in pencil l.r.: (...illeg.) 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(12) inscribed in pencil l.r.: PAIK
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 19/60
(13) inscribed in pencil l.c.: SARKIS 19/60
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: SARKIS 19/60
(14) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Julian Schnabel 90
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
chopmark l.l.: Vigna Antoniniana / AA / Stamperia D'Arte
(15) inscribed in pencil l.r.: R Trockel
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(16) stamped in ink l.r.: detail / A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/ / someone looks at something... / LOGOS / HA HA
inscribed in pencil l.r: Peter Tyndall
stamped in ink l.r.: FOSTERVILLE INSTITUTE OF / APPLIED & PROGRESSIVE / CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 1990
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(17) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Ken Unsworth '90
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Windy doggy waiting by white water
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(19) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Boyd Webb
inscribed in pencil l.c.: Cortex
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 19/60
(20) inscribed in pencil l.r.: LM 90 / 19/60
printed in ink l.r.: LAWRENCE WEINER / SYDNEY 1990
(21) inscribed in pencil l.l.: THE X-FACTOR 19/60 Emmett Williams
Accession Number
P7.1-21-1991
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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Physical description
A portfolio of 21 prints executed in various media