Rocky Hillside 1989

RANKIN, David

Registration number

1087458

Artist/maker

RANKIN, David

Printer

proofed and printed by Shaike Snir (with the artist at the Brunswick Street Studios, Fitzroy)

Title

Rocky Hillside

Production date

1989

Medium

screen print on Saunders paper, ed 46/75

Dimensions (H x W x D)

39.5 x 51 cm (image)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© David Rankin

Keywords

David Rankin, Rocky Hillside, 1989, screenprint

Summary

This screenprint by David Rankin was created in 1989 using five screens. The artist is renowned for landscapes which merge Eastern and Western artistic traditions, including the flat compositional style of Chinese screens, the gestural marks of calligraphy, and the surface-driven aesthetics of American Colour Field painting.