Title
Woman watching a funeral
(1938)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (1938)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 13.2 x 17.1 cm board; 19.3 x 23.6 x 3.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, white oil "W Dobell". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Miss Jacqueline Crookston 1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 497.1996
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
- Artist information
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William Dobell
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
Margaret Preston and William Dobell loan exhibition (1942), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Mar 1942–16 Apr 1942
The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, Brisbane, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959
Paintings and Drawings by William Dobell (1960), John Martin's Auditorium, , 11 Mar 1960–26 Mar 1960
William Dobell (1960), Museum of Modern Art in Australia, Melbourne, 17 May 1960–10 Jun 1960
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964
William Dobell: an exhibition of selected works (1965), Qantas Gallery, London, London, 14 Sep 1965–16 Oct 1965
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Portraits in context: the early work of William Dobell (2003), Carrick Hill, Australia, 08 Mar 2003–29 Jun 2003
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Bibliography
Referenced in 12 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, William Dobell: paintings from 1926 to 1964, Sydney, 1964. cat.no. 65; not paginated
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William Dobell', William Dobell: portraits in context, 'Portraits in context: selected early works, pg. 21-25, Kent Town, 2003, 1 (colour illus.), 4, 22, 48 (colour illus.).
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James Gleeson, William Dobell, London, 1964, illus.. plate no. 39, cat.no. 74
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James Gleeson, Contemporary Australian painting, Unknown, 1956. cat.no. 14, titled 'Watching a wedding'
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Craig Judd, Art and Australia (Vol. 35, No.1), "Exhibitions: The Painter's Progress", pg. 46-47, Sydney, Sep 1997, 46, 47 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Drawing conclusions', pg. 14-17, Sydney, Sep 2006, 15 (colour illus.).
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Hal Missingham, William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 14; titled 'Woman watching a wedding'; Lent by Dr and Mrs RM Crookston, Camden; not paginated
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Barry Pearce, Australian painters of the twentieth century, 'William Dobell', pg. 76-87, Sydney, 2000, 82 (colour illus.).
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John Douglas Pringle, Australian Painting Today, London, 1963, 64.
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Peter Raissis, William Dobell - the painter's progress, 'Foreword' by Edmund Capon, by 7-8; 'London: life and portraits', pg. 32-72, Sydney, 1997, 4 (colour illus.), 34, 62 (colour illus.), back (colour illus.). cat.no. 18a
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Various, The critic as advocate: selected essays 1941-1988, Melbourne, 1989, 189-192.
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Author Unknown, The Art of William Dobell, Sydney, 1946, 46 (illus.). plate no. 39
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