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.

etching
12 Works to view
12 Works to view

  • Two (etching, van Dyke brown) 1978, 2010
    aquatint soft-ground etching
    15.5 x 16 (printed image); 35.5 x 27 cm (sheet)
  • Stonefish (sepia) 1978, 2010
    soft ground etching
    15.5 x 15.5 cm (printed image); 29.5 x 22 cm and 35.5 x 26.5 cm (sheet, var.)
  • At home: no. 278 (1st state) 1978
    etching
    40 x 48.5 cm
  • Two (final state, red) 1978
    aquatint soft-ground etching
    15.5 x 16 cm (printed image); 28.5 x 22 cm (sheet)
  • Children playing in hospital carpark 1978
    drypoint etching
    22 x 25.5 cm (printed image); 22 x 26 cm (sheet, APs) and 39 x 33 cm (sheet, edition)
  • Stephen and Tigger 1978
    aka Stephen and Tigger (etching)
    soft ground etching
    30 x 50 cm (plate); 40 x 60 cm and 54 x 71 cm (sheets, var.)
  • Emu 1960
    drypoint etching
    15 x 12.5 cm (printed image); 25 x 19 cm (sheet)
  • The drummer (2nd and final state) 1960
    drypoint etching
    31.5 x 21 cm (printed image); 35.5 x 24.5 cm (sheet)
  • Baboon 1960
    aka A monkey
    drypoint etching
    17.5 x 13.5 cm (printed image); 21 x 16 cm (sheet, var.)
  • Old Tibetan 1960
    aka The Tibetan
    drypoint etching
    31 x 21 cm (printed image); 39 x 29 cm (sheet)
  • One bush 1960
    aka Desert Bush
    drypoint etching
    13.5 x 18 cm (printed image); 15 x 22 cm (sheet)
  • Emu chicks 1960
    drypoint etching
    20 x 12.5 cm (printed image); 23.5 x 16 cm (sheet, var.)

Prints : etching 12 Works
Prints : etching 12 Works


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