Sheep shears
1976
Blade series 1976
Medium
etching, colour aquatint and collage
Measurements
72.0 × 49.5 cm (plate) (77.7 × 54.7 cm) (sheet)
Inscription
stamped in ink l.l.: 'blade' series l.l.: Ed 25 l.c.: 'Sheep Shears' l.r.: R Beattie 76'
Accession Number
1996.110
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
In the realist tradition of the seventies, this print depicts a pair of sheep shears and window frame against a roughly patterned and seemingly textured background.
