THE PLIGHT OF THE BIRDS & THE TEARS OF THE ELEPHANT

The plight of the birds
Two-color lithographic offset print hand colored with pencil and pearl ex pigment additions on blue Magnani PESCIA 2021/P 300gsm paper.
56cm x 76cm.
Printed by Redwood Prints.
Edition of 25, 2003.

The tears of the elephant
Two-color lithographic offset print hand colored with pencil and pearl ex pigment additions on buff Magnani PESCIA 2021/G 300gsm paper.
Image size, 56cm x 76cm.
Printed by Redwood Prints.
Edition of 25, 2003.

Part of Act XII: new works on paper, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, touring to UTS gallery, University of Technology, Sydney & Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre.

Thanks to Elaine & Peter Haby, Susan & John Jennison for lending their copies of the books for the duration of the exhibition. Thank-you to Louise Weaver & Peter Ellis for their generosity and sound advice, and to Hart Printing, Redwood Prints, Peter Stewart-Warmington, and Anita Beaney for their assistance with the making of these works.


Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
The plight of the birds (detail)
The tears of the elephant (detail)
2003
lithographic offset prints, exhibited as part of Act XII: new works on paper