Idris Murphy design prints, plates and papers relating to The Heretic

MLMSS 11461/Box 1
MLMSS 11461/Box 2X
SLIDES 368
R 2365

fonds

September 1983-3 June 2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Prints, Photographs, Clippings, Objects

9661672

0.53 metres of textual material (1 box and 1 outsize box), includes 7 photographs and 41 prints - manuscript, typescript
6 slides - colour - 35 mm
12 printing plates - zinc - 35 x 23 cm or smaller

Idris Murphy (1949-) is a contemporary figurative landscape painter born in Sydney, New South Wales. He has completed a Diploma in Painting from the National Art School, 1971, Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong, Graduate Diploma (Education) from SCAE, Sydney, and Postgraduate in Painting and Printmaking from Winchester College of Art, United Kingdom, 1977. Murphy has worked as a lecturer at the College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, 1988-2007, and was instrumental in establishing the printmaking department at the School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1982. He has had solo exhibitions across Australia and internationally and has been represented by King Street Gallery since 1993. Idris was the State Library of New South Wales' artist-in-residence in 2020.

The Heretic is a play written by Australian author Morris West, based on the life of 16th century Italian friar Giordano Bruno. The 1988 limited and deluxe editions of The Heretic was a collaboration between Idris Murphy and Morris West and initiated by James Taylor, bibliophile and editor of Wayzgoose: the Australian journal of book arts. The Heretic prints were printed at the Atelier Chamfleury, Paris, on stone and plate, with the relief prints printed in Australia. The prints were created using the process of lithography and relief etchings.

Reference:
Murphy, Idris. 1993. "The Eucumbene suite and the Heretic: paintings, prints and livre d'artiste." Accessed 9 June 2022. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/958/
King Street Gallery on William. "Idris Murphy." Accessed on 8 June 2022. https://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/idris-murphy/

BOX 1
FOLDER 1
Correspondence and costing sheets from Southern Typothetae and Atelier Champfleury relating to the production of The Heretic, book binding catalogues, and newspaper and magazine clippings about The Heretic, September 1983-3 June 2000

FOLDER 2
The Heretic prospectus including an introduction to Giordano Bruno and sample lithographic and relief prints
7 black and white silver gelatin photographs from the Paris Lithio Studio
Notepad including notes on items related to the design and production of The Heretic publication

FOLDER 3
35 sheets and 6 proof prints of lithographic and relief prints for The Heretic publication, grouped and labelled Set 1 to Set 6

BOX 2X
Design mock-up of The Heretic, unbound sheets in red buckram quarter bound case with annotations relating to typesetting, typography and layout

SLIDES 368
6 colour Kodalux slides of the printing process taken from the Paris Lithio Studio

R 2365
12 zinc printing plates for the lithographic and relief prints in The Heretic publication

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In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Idris Murphy
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder