Sub-series 2: Plaster cast of The guardian of the emu totem, Central Australia, for bronze entrance...
Sub-series 2: Plaster cast of The guardian of the emu totem, Central Australia, for bronze entrance...
Sub-series 2: Plaster cast of The guardian of the emu totem, Central Australia, for bronze entrance door of the Mitchell Library, ca. 1940 / manufactured by Wunderlich Ltd. from a sculpture by Ralph T. Walker
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1940
Call Numbers
PM 164 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 59
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Physical Description
Contents
1 plaster cast in wooden frame - 37.7 x 29.7 cm within frame 47.1 x 39.3 cm - plaster
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Full title
Sub-series 2: Plaster cast of The guardian of the emu totem, Central Australia, for bronze entrance door of the Mitchell Library, ca. 1940 / manufactured by Wunderlich Ltd. from a sculpture by Ralph T. Walker
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Plaster patterns for these portraits, originally held by Wunderlich Ltd. who cast the bronze doors, are now held in the Mitchell Library. For location see list at PXn 343.
Signature / Inscriptions
Engraved on upper right: 'The Guardian of the Emu Totem Central Australia'
Lower left: 'Ralph T. Walker'
Conservation note
Plaster cast has some paint loss
Description source
Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Title taken from inscription on cast
Contextual Information
Source
Presented from Wunderlich Ltd., January 1973
Administrative / Biographical history
Ralph Walker was an Australian draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. In his life he created thousands of drawings and hundreds of pieces of sculpture ranging from life size figures to miniatures. Walker is noted as one of the first Australian artists to give Aboriginal people integrity and honour through his work.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PM 164 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 59
Record Identifier
93QXzx71
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QXzx71
Other Identifiers
Reference code
901806
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