Title
Hercules, Achelous, Deianeira
1920
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Herakles, Achelous, Deianira
- Date
- 1920
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze relief
- Dimensions
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75.1 x 45.2 x 2.5 cm bronze relief
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0 - Whole, 90.5 x 56.8 x 6.2 cm, overall, including tabernacle
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, incised "...G.RAYNER.HOFF.". Dated l.l. corner, incised "1920".
- Credit
- Purchased 1938
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6541
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Rayner Hoff
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Sculpture of Rayner Hoff: Memorial Exhibition, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 19 May 1938–04 Jun 1938
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989
'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Nov 1999–16 Jan 2000
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne (Compilator), Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 26 November 2008, Woollahra, Nov 2008, 91. Related work: plaster relief version of 'Hercules, Achelous, Deianeira', lot 53
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Deborah Edwards, Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, Sydney, Sep 1989, 64.
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Deborah Edwards, 'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, 'The new Renaissance: the practical apparatus', pg. 15-30, Sydney, 1999, 14 (colour illus.), 16, 25, 38-39, 100. cat.no. 18
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Liz Gibson, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'Rayner Hoff / Arthur Murch', pg. 60-71, Sydney, 2002, 61 (colour illus.), 66, 144, 147.
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Ken Scarlett, Australian sculptors, 'Rayner Hoff', pg. 260-277, Melbourne, 1980, 263 (illus.).
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