Skipping rhymes
1956
Medium
artist's book: colour linocut and letterpress, 18 pages plus cover
Measurements
23.8 × 18.8 cm (page) 25.3 × 19.4 × 0.7 cm (closed) 25.0 × 38.5 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Robert Rooney through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2009
© Estate of Robert Rooney
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 2/24
Printing/Publishing
published by Moonflower Press, Melbourne
Inscription
printed on titlepage: SKIPPING RHYMES / A Collection of Australian Skipping Rhymes / Collected and Illustrated by / Robert Rooney / MOONFLOWER PRESS / MELBOURNE / 1956
printed on colophon page: HERE ENDS / SKIPPING RHYMES / printed, illustrated and bound by / Robert Rooney, Moonflower Press / October 1956. The edition limited / to 24 copires of which this is no ...
inscribed in pen and ink on colophon page: 2 / Robert Rooney
Accession Number
2009.535
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest