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Details
- Date
- 1957
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic enamel on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 152.5 cm board; 124.0 x 155.0 x 5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r. verso, black crayon "Alan Davie JUN. 57".
- Credit
- Purchased 1960
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OB1.1960
- Copyright
- © Estate of Alan Davie
- Artist information
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Alan Davie
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Premio Lissone, Milan Art Prize 1957, Premio Lissone, Milan, post Jun 1957–post Jun 1957
Alan Davie Retrospective 1936-1958, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 26 Jun 1958–10 Aug 1958
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Feb 1959–Mar 1959
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Mar 1959–12 Apr 1959
Recent paintings by seven British artists, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, May 1959–May 1959
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Jun 1959–Jun 1959
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Jul 1959–Jul 1959
Recent paintings by seven British artists, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Aug 1959–Aug 1959
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961
18 British paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, Jun 1965–Jul 1965
Scottish paintings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981
When art hits the headlines, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Wellington, 26 Nov 1987–20 Feb 1988
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Bibliography
Referenced in 12 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, 60 (colour illus.).
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Jim Barr, When art hits the headlines: a survey of controversial art in New Zealand, Wellington, 1987.
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Sir Alan Bowness (Editor), Alan Davie, London, 1967, 174. cat.no. 179
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 46 (illus.).
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René Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', pg. 36-56, Sydney, 1988, 56.
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Hector Gilliland, Art and Australia (Vol. 19, No. 3), 'Artist's choice No. 10: Alan Davie: Flag dream No. 4: Wheel', pg. 318-319, Sydney, Autumn 1982, 318, 319 (colour illus.), 320.
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Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 34 (colour illus.), 75. cat.no. 485
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Hal Missingham (Editor), 1960 Acquisitions, Sydney, 1960. cat.no. 57
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The British Council and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Recent paintings seven British artists, London, 1959. cat.no. 7
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Laurie Thomas, The Sun, 'Freer trend seen, Abstract art from U.K.', Sydney, 17 Mar 1959.
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Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). no catalogue numbers
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Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Abstracts from Britain at the N.S.W. Gallery', Sydney, 17 Mar 1959.
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Provenance
Alan Davie, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1959. Purchased from the exhibition 'Recent paintings by seven British artists' Australian State Galleries 1959.