Historical information

After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for International bookplate designers and graphic artists. as well as Australian secondary school students.


Art movements

Artist’s statement

Subjects

Bookplate, Australian Bookplate Design awards, Kieth Wingrove Trust


Entered in the International Bookplate Design section of the the Australian Bookplate Society's 'Australian Bookplate Design competition for 2020.

Inscriptions & markings

Pencilled beneath image: 17/40- "Alice e il Bianconiglio" - signature of artist.