| Record Number |
20583 |
| Location |
Framed Picture Store (Bookstack) |
| Author |
McMahon, Marie 1953- (artist). |
| Title |
Poster - You are on Aboriginal land / design Marie McMahon. [Poster] |
| Edition |
[Fourth edition] |
| Published |
Westgate, NSW : Redback Graphix (distributor), 1987. |
| ©1984. |
| Collation |
1 poster : colour illustration ; 68 x 49 cm. framed. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
sheet |
| General Note |
Screen print, printed in colour inks. |
| “The first version of the screen print was a limited edition of 30 copies, hand printed by the artist in 1981 at Redback Graphix, Wollongong. It carried the text ‘Pay The Rent – You Are On Aboriginal Land’, a slogan borrowed from a bumper sticker seen by the artist in North Queensland. It had diagonal black lines over yellow and red vertical stripes on either side of the pictorial image. The second edition of ‘Pay The Rent’ was 150 copies, hand printed by the artist in 1982 at the Tin Sheds (Art Workshop, University of Sydney). The 3rd edition was a commercial run of 1,000 copies, printed in 1984 at Snap Ads, a commercial screen printing business in Sydney. The third edition carries a banner ‘You Are On Aboriginal Land’ and a line ‘Poster production in support of Mimi Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, Katherine NT’-- interview with the artist https://www.nationalwomenslibrary.org.au/posters/marie-mcmahon-story. |
| Collection code: Artworks. |
| Text on poster: You are on Aboriginal land; Fourth edition 1987; Profit sharing assists Aboriginal arts & crafts; Distribution: Redback Graphix P.O. Box 29 Westgate NSW 2048 Australia (02) 560 0066; Design Marie McMahon copyright 1984. |
| Weight of framed poster 2.2 kg. |
| Summary Note |
The poster depicts an Aboriginal woman with her hands on her hips, standing on a beach, on an island, where land, sea and sky intersect. |
| Terms of use |
Copyright restrictions apply. |
| Subject |
Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Posters |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Political posters |
| Posters, Australian |
| Geographic Name |
Australia -- Posters |
| SUBJECT |
Australian |
| McMahon, Marie Aboriginal Australians Land tenure |
| Added Name |
McMahon, Marie |
