Item - India lock

ID UNSW PR 1996/0740 (075778)
Artist Edwina ELLIS (1946 - )
Title India lock
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Category Print
Medium engraving
Materials black ink, paper support
Edition Number 37/100
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 20.40
  Width 20.40
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 60 x 59 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right
  Signed in pencil: Edwina Ellis
Produced  
  When 1990
  Where England, Cornwall
Style Narrative
Subject Mechanics
Credit Line Purchased 1996
Description/Remarks    Black and white engraving depicting an Indian padlock (VOLTA brand), suspended from a bow of grosgrain ribbon pinned to a diagonally-patterned ground. Looped into the bow's knot is a double length of string tied at one end to a key, and at the other, a cardboard label bearing a diagram of the lock. (The artist is known for her wood engravings however this work was produced from engraving on acrylic sheet.)
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