Printing edition, 2010

"My passion for lithography was ignited when I was a student at the South Australian School of Art" ~ Susan Dorothea White

PRINTS

Susan White produces her own prints, by hand, in her studio. A complete list of the artist's editioned prints (about 100) is in The Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints and Prices (2006).

Since 1980, White's prints have represented Australia in over 50 international biennales and exhibitions in Japan, Korea, UK, USA, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, etc.

The National Gallery of Australia collection has many of the artist's prints, from 1960 onwards. The lithograph Thieves at the Market, produced while a student, dates from this time.

The freedom and versatility of lithography appeals to the artist. In 1975, she began establishing lithographic facilities in her studio, initially producing prints from metal plates passed through a small wooden wringer on a bed of plywood - Pedestrian Crossing (1977) is an example of this grainier technique.

In 1978, she acquired a professional lithographic printing press, and produced lithographs with up to 15 colours, most requiring separate plates. The Front Veranda (1986) is an example. Later, the artist installed a C19 cast-iron press and equipment for stone lithography. White prints woodcuts and blockprints carved from fibreboard. The artist has produced some etchings, the earliest dating from 1960.


Printing edition, 2010

"My passion for lithography was ignited when I was a student at the South Australian School of Art" ~ Susan Dorothea White

PRINTS

Susan White produces her own prints, by hand, in her studio. A complete list of the artist's editioned prints (about 100) is in The Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints and Prices (2006).

Since 1980, White's prints have represented Australia in over 50 international biennales and exhibitions in Japan, Korea, UK, USA, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, etc.

The National Gallery of Australia collection has many of the artist's prints, from 1960 onwards. The lithograph Thieves at the Market, produced while a student, dates from this time.

The freedom and versatility of lithography appeals to the artist. In 1975, she began establishing lithographic facilities in her studio, initially producing prints from metal plates passed through a small wooden wringer on a bed of plywood - Pedestrian Crossing (1977) is an example of this grainier technique.

In 1978, she acquired a professional lithographic printing press, and produced lithographs with up to 15 colours, most requiring separate plates. The Front Veranda (1986) is an example. Later, the artist installed a C19 cast-iron press and equipment for stone lithography. White prints woodcuts and blockprints carved from fibreboard. The artist has produced some etchings, the earliest dating from 1960.

1960–present
THEME:
Media:
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112 Works to view
112 Works to view
  • Not a Rothko 2010
    woodcut
    30 x 21 cm
    (She Sees Series)
  • Not a Rothko (hand-stippled) 2010
    woodcut, brush
    30 x 21 cm
    (She Sees Series)
  • She Sees His New Clothes (hand-coloured) 2010
    woodcut (hand-coloured)
    21 x 30 cm
    (She Sees Series)
  • She Sees His New Clothes 2010
    woodcut
    21 x 30 cm
    (She Sees Series)
  • Goose Camp Kakadu: Moonrise at Sunset (hand-coloured) 2010
    woodcut (hand-coloured)
    60.5 x 80.5 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Goose Camp Kakadu: Moonrise at Sunset 2010
    woodcut
    60.5 x 80.5 cm
  • Germination / Sheela seedpod (woodcut) 1997
    woodcut
    82 x 52 cm
  • Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) 1996
    Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit, Rozelle Hospital, Callan Park
    woodcut
    80 x 60 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times (blockprint) 1993
    blockprint (medium-density fibreboard)
    70 x 66 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Choosing Another Face 1992
    lithograph (bleed print, 3 colours)
    38 x 57 cm
  • Blind (The Blind Woman of Annandale) 1992
    woodcut
    60 x 80 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Atlass 1991
    lithograph (ultramarine)
    61 x 41 cm
  • Blind 1991
    lithograph (ultramarine)
    41 x 61 cm
  • Choosing a Mask 1991
    unique stone lithograph (hand-coloured)
    38 x 57 cm
  • To Let / The Diabetic Evicted from The Rocks (black) 1990
    stone lithograph (black)
    57 x 38 cm
  • Cry Freedom 1990
    Cry Freedom / Apartheid (blockprint)
    blockprint (medium-density fibreboard)
    45.8 x 30.4 cm (image), 57 x 38.2 cm (sheet)
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Man Creating the Hole in the Ozone Layer 1990
    woodcut (hand-coloured)
    28 x 37 cm
  • To Let / The Diabetic (Evicted from The Rocks) (coloured) 1990
    stone lithograph (12 colours)
    57 x 38 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Massacre, Tiananmen Square (hand-coloured) 1989
    unique blockprint (hand-coloured, medium-density fibreboard)
    57 x 38 cm
  • Massacre 1989
    Massacre No. 1 / Massacre, Tiananmen Square
    blockprint (medium-density fibreboard)
    57 x 38 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Cry Freedom / Apartheid 1989
    lithograph (3 colours)
    57 x 38 cm
    Collection: Fredrikstad Museum
  • Cliff-hanger 1988
    lithograph
    18 x 18 cm
  • Fenced in, Kent St, The Rocks, Sydney 1988
    stone lithograph
    28 x 26 cm
  • Claustrophobia - Set in Concrete 1987
    unique cement print
    38 x 25 cm
  • Ward 4, Rozelle Hospital, Callan Park (hand-coloured) 1986
    unique lithograph (hand-coloured)
    76 x 56 cm
  • Ward 4 1986
    Ward 4, Rozelle Hospital, Callan Park
    lithograph
    76 x 56 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Growth Spiral / Genesis, no. 3 1986
    lithograph (black)
    76 x 57 cm
  • Growth Spiral / Genesis, no. 1 1986
    lithograph (5 colours)
    76 x 57 cm
  • The Front Veranda 1986
    The Front Veranda, Chernobyl Meltdown / The Front Verandah No. 2
    lithograph (15 colours)
    60 x 80 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Claustrophobia / Cornered (lithograph) 1986
    lithograph
    18 x 18 cm
  • Growth Spiral 1985
    Growth Spiral / Genesis (miniature)
    lithograph
    18 x 17 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • The Story 1985
    stone lithograph
    57 x 76 cm

    Printed on Marinoni press


  • Mise-en-scène 1984
    lithograph
    76 x 56 cm
  • Thelma of Wilcannia 1983
    lithograph
    57 x 38 cm
  • Thelma of Wilcannia 1983
    The Willy-Willy Woman
    woodcut
    62 x 79 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Spaghetti Legs 1983
    lithograph
    18 x 18 cm
    National Gallery of Australia collection (AP IV/V)
  • To Cut Both Ways 1983
    lithograph
    18 x 18 cm
    Collections: National Gallery of Australia; The Van der Vossen-Delbrück Collection, Amsterdam
  • A Storm in a Tea-cup 1983
    lithograph
    18 x 18 cm
    National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Artist's proof, AP on mushroom [AP A/C])
  • The Ghost of Kabbarli, Daisy Bates 1983
    lithograph (3 colours)
    60 x 80 cm
  • A Month in the Life of a Sydney Schoolboy 1983
    lithograph
    51 x 70 cm
  • Macaroni Face (black) 1982
    lithograph
    25 x 25 cm
    Collection of the artist (editions 2-25/25)
  • The Death of St. Francis of Australia 1982
    The Life and Death of St. Francis of Australia
    lithograph (bleed print, 6 colours)
    76 x 56 cm
    National Gallery of Australia collection
  • Chess - White to Play: Helicopter X Pawn, Chief X Helicopter... 1982
    lithograph (5 colours)
    76 x 56 cm
    Collections: Majdanek Museum, Lublin; National Gallery of Australia
  • Macaroni Face 1982
    Macaroni Man
    lithograph
    25 x 25 cm
    National Gallery of Australia collection, gift of the artist, 1987 (AP) (87.648); Fiatal Müvészek Klubja (FMK), Budapest collection
  • Octopus 1982
    lithograph
    25 x 25 cm
    National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (ed. 16/20) (87.650)
  • Made in Australia 1982
    lithograph
    25 x 25 cm
    Collection of National Gallery of Australia. Gift of the artist, 1987 (AP)(87.649)

    Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia


  • Ein Sitzplatz 1980
    lithograph
    76 x 56.5 cm

    Spelling mistake German Schwerbeschädigte

    12x badly foxed, creased, etc; for restoration: 1/30, 2/30, 3/30, 5/30, 8/30, 9/30, 13/30, 14/30, 15/30, 17/30, 20/30, 24/30


  • Marienplatz, Munich, no. 2 1980
    lithograph (2 colours)
    43 x 62 cm

    AP 3/3 and remainder of edition vanished; but XX prints were discovered April/May 2022 folded & compressed, inside displaced back plywood of B4 drawers (during repairs after storeroom flooding)


  • Lederhosen 1980
    lithograph
    38 x 57 cm
  • Munich Shoppers, no. 1 1980
    Bavarian Shoppers
    lithograph (13 colours)
    38 x 57 cm
  • Olympiazentrum 1980
    (Munich railway station)
    lithograph (2 colours)
    43 x 63 cm

    Planned edition of 50. Printed 2x AP (presumably AP 1/4, AP 2/4) + 6. Took 6 in tube to Munich, 1980: AP 1/4, 2/30, 3/30, 4/30, 5/30, 6/30; 4 brought back to Sydney; 2 left in Munich, one of these 'Station Olympizentrum' bought by W.Singer, Munich (20.8.80) [note, 2023, possibly Singers bought 3/30]; 2/30 taken back to Munich in May 84, Tube 2 for Ulla, labelled '1' by U.Mitzdorf May 1984 DM325 $130. 


  • Marienplatz (Munich), no. 1 1980
    lithograph (7 colours)
    38 x 57 cm

    Created from Marienplatz, 1980, watercolour sketch, 50.5 x 76, newspr


  • The Fisherman's Dream 1980
    lithograph (bleed print, 8 colours)
    41 x 61 cm
  • The Wishful Fisherman 1980
    lithograph (bleed print, 8 colours)
    41 x 61 cm
  • Woman of Bavaria 1980
    Woman of Oberbayern
    lithograph
    60 x 80 cm

     From Religious Women of Bavaria, 1980, wc sketch for lithograph (verso: unfinished Front Veranda litho), 56 x 79.5


  • The Gardener's Dream, no. 2 1980
    The Gardener's Dream
    lithograph (12 colours)
    60 x 80 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia. Gift of Brian Freeman, 2006 (ed. 3/30) (2006.764)
  • The Empty Chair 1980
    lithograph (9 colours)
    40 x 61 cm
    Collection of National Gallery of Australia. Gift of the artist, 1987 (ed. 3/30) (87.653)
  • Mongarlowe River - Upstream 1978
    lithograph (on washi paper)
    63 x 86.5 cm
  • Two (etching - van Dyke brown) 1978
    etching
    35.5 x 27 cm
  • Two (crayon black) 1978
    lithograph
    80 x 60 cm
    Collection: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG)

    Awarded the 1978 Print Purchase Award, MPAC. Early impressions were very dark.


  • Two (coloured) 1978
    lithograph (coloured)
    80 x 56.5 cm
  • Where Children Play 1978
    Where Children Play No. 2
    lithograph (bleed print)
    75 x 51 cm

    Inspired by the watercolour painting, Where Children Play / Growing Up in the Jungle (Inner Sydney with Rozelle Bay Gantry and White Bay Power Station) 1977 (W-1977). See also, Where Children Play, No. 1, lithograph. Printed on wringer.


  • At Home (etching) 1978
    unique etching (1st state)
    40 x 48.5 cm
  • Two 1978
    etching
    28.5 x 22 cm
  • Two (sepia) 1978
    lithograph (sepia)
    80 x 60 cm
  • The Retired Mechanic 1978
    lithograph (2 colours)
    59 x 80 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • The Magic Pudding 1978
    lithograph (9 colours)
    80 x 60 cm
    Collections: Bruce Hall, Australian National University, Canberra; Westmead Hospital, Sydney. Gift of the artist, 1979 (ed. 5/35)
  • Noah's Rocket 1978
    lithograph (5 colours)
    79 x 57 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia. Gift of the artist, 1987 (87.654)
  • At Home: No. 278 1978
    At Home in Annandale: No. 278
    lithograph (6 colours)
    40 x 58 cm
    Collections: National Gallery of Australia, Gift of Brian Freeman 2006 (2006.759); Westmead Hospital, Sydney, gift of the artist, 1979 (ed. 8/40); Private collections
  • Evening Factory Valley, no. 2 1978
    Evening: Factory Valley
    lithograph
    60 x 80 cm
    Collections: National Gallery of Australia (2006.767); Westmead Hospital collection, Sydney, gift of artist 1979 (ed. 12/30)
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Downstream 1978
    lithograph (dyptych, 8 colours)
    55 x 80 cm
    AMP Society Collection
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Upstream 1978
    lithograph (dyptych, 8 colours)
    55 x 80 cm
    AMP Society Collection
  • Children Playing in Carpark 1978
    dry point etching (zinc)
    22 x 25.5 cm
  • Stephen and Tigger 1978
    Stephen and Tigger (etching)
    soft ground etching
    40 x 59.5 cm

    Based upon the studies: Stephen and Tigger, study for etching, 1978 pen drawing and Stephen and Tigger – charcoal study for etching, 1978.
    3x AP's and early numbers 1/30 to 10/30 printed by artist in 1978; 11/30–30/30 printed by Megalo in 2010.


  • Stonefish 1978
    soft ground etching
    29.5 x 22 cm
  • Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am 1978
    Outpatients, Children's Hospital
    lithograph (6 colours)
    61 x 80 cm
    Collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gordon Darling Fund 1986 (ed. 2/18, undated) (86.2333)

    Printed on Dickerson Press; From the eddition of 18 only 6 fully printed; 6/18 last completed? 14 incomplete with magenta colour plate missing.


  • The 470 at 6pm 1978
    The 470 at 6pm (Sydney Bus)
    lithograph (6 colours)
    56 x 40 cm
    Collection: Westmead Hospital, Sydney. Gift of the artist, 1979 (ed. 16/18)
  • Blackened Banksias 1977
    lithograph (on washi paper)
    19.5 x 23 cm
  • Colo Plateau, no. 1 1977
    lithograph (2 colours)
    40 x 100 cm
  • Early Morning 1977
    unique lithograph (9 colours) and collage
    55.5 x 70 cm
  • Colo Plateau, no. 2 1977
    lithograph (2 colours)
    40 x 100 cm
  • Old Banksias 1977
    Old Banksias after Bushfire / Old Banksias Burnt
    lithograph (5 colours)
    53 x 76.5 cm
    AMP Society Collection

    Printed on wringer


  • Pedestrian Crossing, no. 2 1977
    Pedestrian Crossing
    lithograph (5 colours)
    53 x 80 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia. Gift of the artist 1987 (87.655)

    Printed on Wringer


  • The Gardener's Dream, no. 1 1976
    lithograph (10 colours)
    52.5 x 76 cm
    Private collections, Australia

    Printed some on mangle, some on wringer (after wooden rollers turned for evenness)


  • Coast Banksias / Bunga Banksias 1976
    lithograph (4 colours)
    56 x 76.5 cm

    Printed on wrinter 'wooden rollers and plywood bed'.


  • Ghost Gums at Maitland / Ghost Gums 1975
    woodcut
    76 x 56 cm
  • Banksias after Bushfire 1975
    lithograph (6 colours)
    56 x 76 cm
  • Byzantine Birthday 1975
    lithograph (3 colours)
    38 x 53 cm (var.)
  • Cattai / Cattai Ridge 1975
    lithograph (3 colours, 3rd state)
    56 x 76 cm
  • Glowing Rock 1975
    lithograph (3 colours)
    76 x 56 cm
  • Haze 1975
    lithograph
    55 x 79 cm (var.)
  • Silent River 1975
    stone lithograph
    38 x 56 cm
  • Sunlit Gully 1975
    lithograph
    56 x 76 cm
  • Slingshot 1975
    woodcut
    63 x 47 cm
  • Tea Tree and Gum / Easter Landscape 1975
    lithograph (3 colours)
    56 x 76 cm (var.)

    Printed on wooden wringer


  • Tired Travellers 1972
    stone lithograph
    38 x 56 cm
  • The Birthday Hat 1972
    unique lithograph (3 colours)
    56 x 68 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • Sister and Brother, Bleak Glebe 1972
    stone lithograph
    56 x 38 cm
  • Sydney: Construction City (final state) 1972
    unique linocut (2 colours, 2nd state)
    38 x 38 cm
  • Sydney Smog (final state) 1972
    unique stone lithograph (4 colours, 3rd state)
    29 x 50 cm
  • Three-quarter Birthday / The Birthday Card 1972
    lithograph (6 colours)
    56 x 76 cm
  • Ochre Glade / Golden Valley / Autumn Hollow 1972
    stone lithograph (5 colours)
    38 x 53 cm
  • Brother Bill 1960
    etching (copper plate), 1 colour on cream paper (unknown)
    22 x 16 cm (image), 25.5 x 19.5 cm (sheet)
  • Emu 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    22 x 17 cm
  • The Drummer 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    36 x 24 cm
  • Baboon / A Monkey 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    25 x 18 cm
  • Thieves at the Market 1960
    unique stone lithograph
    31 x 51 cm
    Collection: National Gallery of Australia
  • The Tibetan / Old Tibetan 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    39 x 29 cm
  • The Worker / Working Man 1960
    stone lithograph
    51 x 39 cm
  • Ivymeade Stable Ruins 1960
    unique stone lithograph
    30 x 40 cm
  • Desert Bush / One Bush 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    15 x 22 cm
    Collection: Broken Hill Technical College
  • Emu Chicks 1960
    dry point etching (aluminium)
    25 x 17 cm

PRINTS : 112 Works
PRINTS : 112 Works

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