Description
Three works of Kookaburras by the artist and master print maker, James Squire Morgan from the estate of the artist/etcher, John Barclay Godson.
- Fine unsigned pencil drawing
- Proof etching, unsigned
- Published etching number of 75
The proof etching shows the additions; to the trunk of the tree and to the Kookaburra on the right.
Sold as a set of three:
1. The original preparatory pencil drawing for the etching, unsigned.
2. Proof plate, untitled, unsigned and unnumbered.
3. Published etching, titled, numbered and signed in pencil.
Morgan first exhibited the finished etching 30 May 1927 – 18 June 1927, at the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society, Education Department Gallery, 5th floor, Loftus St., Sydney.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist, John Barclay Godson.
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 1000011247 (numbered etching only)
