- Bib ID:
- 8669834
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Greenberg, Joe, 1923-2007, artist
- Description:
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- 1952
- 1 painting: gouache on board ; 53 x 40 cm on board 59.3 x 47.7 cm
- Summary:
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Depicts Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip surrounded by images of Australian fauna and flora, the crests of the six Australian states, Australian people including Indigenous Australian people, and various activities and objects associated with Australia. The work was created to celebrate the planned 1952 tour of Australia by the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, which was postponed following the death of King George VI.
- Notes:
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- Title devised from inscriptions.
- Inscriptions: "Australia welcomes : Elizabeth and Philip : March MCMLII"--Caption painted on image; "Woman's Day cover cancelled at the last moment owing to King George IV's death : note registration marks"--In ink below image; "Greenberg"--Artist's signature on image lower right.
- Condition: Yellowing, extensive spotting, tape marks, soiled, stained.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2022.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2007
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1952
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