Collection 03: Original artwork for 'Kangaroo and Crocodile, my big book of Australian animals', 2011 / by Bronwyn Bancroft

PXX 64

sub-fonds

2011

Graphic Materials, Paintings

1000988

21 paintings (6 folders) - acrylic on archival paper - 44 x 72.5 cm (image), 66 x 102 cm (paper)

Comprises 21 illustrations on archival canson paper, with each sheet is as produced in the book. The paintings are a mix of traditional indigenous style, combining traditional elements of dot painting, with bright colours. The characters in the book are the Bilby, Blue swimmer crab, Blue-ringed octopus, Blue-tongue lizard, Bogong moth, Bottlenose dolphin, Bridled nail-tail wallaby, Brolga, Brown snake, Brush-tailed possum, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Crocodile, Cuttlefish, Diamond python, Dingo, Dugong, Echidna, Emu, Fairy Penguin, Fairy-wren, Fence Skink, Fish, Frill-necked lizard, Frog, Galah, Gecko, Goanna, Great white shark, Humpback whale, Huntsman spider, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Lyrebird, Magpie, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Reef life, Sea eagle, Snake-necked turtle, Sugar glider, Tasmanian devil, Wallaby, Water Dragon, Wedge-tailed eagle, Wombat.

Folder 1/ff. 1-4
Pages 4 to 11 of book.

Folder 2/ff. 5-8
Pages 12 to 19 of book.

Folder 3/ff. 9-12
Pages 20 to 27 of book.

Folder 4/ff. 13-15
Pages 28 to 33 of book.

Folder 5/ff. 16-18
Pages 34 to 39 of book.

Folder 6/ff. 19-21
Pages 40 to 45 of book.

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Bronwyn Bancroft
Reproduction Restricted:
Approval for reproduction required: Bronwyn Brancroft wishes to be notified in the event of reproduction for research or academic publication of these items and requests that she receives attribution as the creator of the work
Rights and Restrictions Information:: All commercial use of works by Bronwyn Bancroft should be referred to her nominated copyright collecting agency - Copyright Agency
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Bronwyn Bancroft

Kangaroo and Crocodile, my big book of Australian animals / by Bronwyn Bancroft. Prahran, Victoria: Little Hare Books, 2011

Transferred from PXD 1431, 13 November 2023

Each painting is signed by the artist in lower right corner. Some artwork has manuscript notes. Each sheet has page number of book written underneath image.