Title
Transition to Christianity
1971
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1971
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- diptych: oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
- each panel 153.7 x 92.0 cm board; 153.7 x 184.8 cm board overall
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner of left hand panel and l.l. corner of right hand panel, black fibre-tipped pen "Desiderius Orban 1971".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1972
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 64.1972
- Copyright
- © Estate of Desiderius Orban
- Artist information
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Desiderius Orban
Works in the collection
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About
'Transition to Christianity' was awarded the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1971.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Mar 1992–12 Apr 1992
O Soul O Spirit O Fire: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Blake Prize for Religious Art, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 23 Nov 2001–24 Feb 2002
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Rosemary Crumlin., O Soul O Spirit O Fire, 'Beginnings', Brisbane, 2001, not paginated. exhibition list
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Barry Pearce., Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, 'Preface', Sydney, 1991, (colour illus.). not paginated, no catalogue numbers
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