Etching in reddish brown ink from the ‘Dust’ series published in 1971. Proof aside from the edition of 60, printed at the White Ink Studio, London, bearing their blindstamp. <br> <br> ‘Dust’ was a suite of 25 etchings based on a series of earlier prints and drawings of Ned Kelly and scenes from the Australian outback that Nolan produced in the late 40s and early 50s. <br> <br> ‘These were done on rather thick copper plates and were etched quite deeply; There is quite a trench...I forget just how deep it was, but more than a thirty-second of an inch. It’s quite deep, so that when the ink is rolled on - or in - it comes out very embossed. You can run your fingers over it and feel a distinct bump. It looks the opposite of the scrape-method I use to get transparency; the shimmering light in the centre of Australia, by scraping back the crayons and washing with quick-drying dyes...but you still get something of the same interpenetration of light.’ <br> - Sidney Nolan, 21st of April 1978.<br> <br> Sidney Nolan presented a complete set of the ‘Dust’ etchings to the Queensland Art Gallery in 1978. Lady Nolan also presented a complete set to the National Gallery of Victoria.