John Walker

Prahran 5

1981

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

View by appointment

Artist: John Walker born 1939
Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 445 x 600 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1982
Reference: P07750

Catalogue entry

P07750 No.5 from The Prahran Etchings 1981 [P07749-P07753; incomplete]

Five etchings from a suite of 23, printed by John Neeson and Ian Parry at Prahran College of Advanced Education, Victoria, published by the artist
Each inscribed ‘Walker 81’ b.r.
Purchased from Nigel Greenwood (Grant-in-Aid) 1982

P07750 etching with aquatint and open bite 17 1/2 × 23 3/8 (445 × 600) on paper 27 1/8 × 31 1/4 (691 × 803)
Inscribed ‘Prahran 5’ and ‘14/25’

Lit: John Walker Prints 1976–84, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, January–March 1985, nos.14, 16 (ill.p.27), 18, 20 and 23 (ill.p.31) respectively

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Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986