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Margaret PRESTON

Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1875 – Mosman, New South Wales, Australia 1963

  • Movements: Germany, France 1904-07, France, England, Ireland 1912-19


The Banksia tree.
[Old banksia tree] 1939
Berowra, New South Wales, Australia
Print, relief
Technique: woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Impression: undesignated impression
Edition: edition unknown, uncoloured; edition unknown, hand-coloured
Primary Insc: Printed signature lower left within image, 'MP.'. Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Margaret Preston'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'old Banksia tree'.
printed image 24.8 h x 24.6 w cm
sheet 34.9 h x 27.0 w cm
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986
Accession No: NGA 86.2143
Subject: Australia, Art style: Japanese influence 1890s-1950s
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate. Licensed by Viscopy

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