Collections : The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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Goose Camp Kakadu: Moonrise at Sunset (hand-coloured), 2010
woodcut (hand-coloured in watercolour)
42 x 64 cm (image), 60.5 x 80.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 2019 (Accession no: 2019.77) (ed. 1/15)

Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU), 1996
woodcut
49.5 x 39 cm (image), 80.5 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of Brian Freeman 2006 (Accession no. 2006.761) (ed. 29/30)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times, 1993
blockprint (medium-density fibreboard)
60 x 61 cm (image), 70 x 66 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (Accession no. 2006.758)

Blind (The Blind Woman of Annandale), 1992
woodcut
42 x 63.5 cm (image), 57 x 76 cm, 60.5 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra.

To Let / The Diabetic (Evicted from The Rocks), 1990
stone lithograph (12 colours)
57 x 38 cm
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra.

Cry Freedom, 1990
blockprint
45.8 x 30.4 cm (image), 57 x 38.2 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Purchased 1992 (accession no. 92.1180) (AP II/II)

Massacre, 1989
blockprint
45.5 x 30.5 cm (image), 57 x 38 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Purchased 1992 (Accession no. 92.1179) (AP I/III)

The Front Veranda no. 2, 1986
lithograph
48.8 x 55.8 cm (image); 60.2 x 80.6 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (Accession no. 2006. 766) (ed. 11/20)

Ward 4, 1986
lithograph, aluminium
67 x 51 cm (image), 76.5 x 56.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (Accession no. 2006.762) (ed. 5/14).
Fiatal Müvészek Klubja (FMK) collection, Budapest, Gift of the artist.

Growth Spiral, 1985
lithograph
18 x 17 cm
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra.

A Storm in a Tea-cup, 1983
lithograph
10 x 9 cm (image), 18 x 18 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Artist's proof, AP on mushroom [AP A/C])

To Cut Both Ways, 1983
lithograph
10 x 10 cm (image), 18 x 18 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Artist's proof, III/IV) (Accession No. 87.645)
The Van der Vossen-Delbrück Collection, Amsterdam

Spaghetti Legs, 1983
lithograph
10 x 10 cm (image), 18 x 18 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection (AP IV/V)

Thelma of Wilcannia, 1983
woodcut
42 x 67 cm (image), 61.5 x 79 cm (sheet, laid Japanese paper) or 74 x 95 cm (sheet, Arches Blanc)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gordon Darling Fund 1986 (Accession no. 86.2332) (ed. 9/30)

Made in Australia, 1982
lithograph
10 x 10 cm (image), 25 x 25 cm (sheet)
Collection of National Gallery of Australia. Gift of the artist, 1987 (AP)(87.649)

Octopus, 1982
lithograph
9 x 9.5 cm (image), Cartridge paper: 20.5 x 15 cm (sheet), Arches Blanc: 25 x 25 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (ed. 16/20) (87.650)

Macaroni Face, 1982
lithograph
10.5 x 9 cm (image), 25 x 25 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, gift of the artist, 1987 (AP) (87.648)
Fiatal Müvészek Klubja (FMK), Budapest collection

Chess - White to Play: Helicopter X Pawn, Chief X Helicopter..., 1982
lithograph (5 colours)
57 x 49 cm (image), 76 x 56.5 cm (sheet)
Majdanek Museum, Lublin collection
National Gallery of Australia collection

The Death of St. Francis of Australia, 1982
lithograph (bleed print, 6 colours)
76.5 x 56.5 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Accession no. 87.651) (ed. 8/12)

The Empty Chair, 1980
lithograph (9 colours)
36.5 x 49 cm (image), 40 x 61 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of the artist, 1987 (ed. 3/30) (Accession no. 87.653)

The Gardener's Dream, no. 2, 1980
lithograph (12 colours)
45.5 x 67 cm (image), 60 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (ed. 3/30) (2006.764)

Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am, 1978
lithograph (6 colours)
52.5 x 74 cm (image), 61 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gordon Darling Fund 1986 (Accession no. 86.2333) (ed. 2/18, undated)

Evening Factory Valley, no. 2, 1978
lithograph
52 x 72 cm (image), 60 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (Accession no. 2006.767)
Westmead Hospital collection, Sydney, gift of artist 1979 (ed. 12/30)

At Home: No. 278, 1978
lithograph (6 colours)
29.5 x 39.5 cm (image), 40 x 58 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, fift of Brian Freeman 2006 (Accession no. 2006.759)
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, gift of the artist, 1979 (ed...

Noah's Rocket, 1978
lithograph (5 colours)
78 x 55 cm (image), 80 x 57.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Accession no. 87.654) (ed. 15/33)

The Retired Mechanic, 1978
lithograph
57 x 78 cm (image), 59 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (Accession no. 2006.763) (ed. 17/20)

Pedestrian Crossing, no. 2, 1977
lithograph (5 colours)
43.5 x 57 cm (image), 54 x 76 cm, 53 x 80 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra.. Gift of the artist 1987 (Accession no. 87.655) (ed. 3/11)

The Birthday Hat, 1972
unique lithograph, zinc from 3 colours on lithographic paper
45 x 43 cm (image), 56.2 x 67.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of the artist, 2019 (Accession no. 2019.78) (unique)

Thieves at the Market, 1960
unique stone lithograph
28.4 x 36.6 cm (image), 38.2 x 51 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Acquired direct from the artist, 1987 (Accession no. 87.811)

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