Title
The sisters (family group)
1939
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1939
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 108.0 x 84.2 cm sight edge; 110.0 x 85.5 cm stretcher; 126.0 x 102.2 x 5.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, black oil "R.BALSON -/39".
- Credit
- Bequest of Grace Crowley 1980
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 124.1980
- Copyright
- © Ralph Balson Estate
- Artist information
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Ralph Balson
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition I, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 17 Aug 1939–02 Sep 1939
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Oct 1966–30 Oct 1966
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 09 Nov 1966–11 Dec 1966
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 15 Aug 1989–24 Sep 1989
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 06 Oct 1989–19 Nov 1989
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, 01 Dec 1989–28 Jan 1990
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Feb 1990–01 Apr 1990
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 12 Apr 1990–24 May 1990
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Sydney studios, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 14 Aug 2004–26 Sep 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Bruce Adams, Ralph Balson A Retrospective, Bulleen, Jul 1989, 14 (colour illus.), 21, 50, 73. cat.no. 5
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Nicholas Chambers, Art and Australia (Vol. 40, No. 2), 'Ralph Balson: "Painting". Abstracting the invisible', pg. 250-251, Sydney, Dec 2002-Feb 2003, 250.
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Natalie Wilson, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'Grace Crowley / Ralph Balson / Frank Hinder / Margel Hinder', pg. 88-103, Sydney, 2002, 90, 142, 147.
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Author Unknown, The Daily Telegraph, 'Maybe I'm one-eyed, too: Seeing Things At Modern Art Exhibition', pg. 5, Sydney, 19 Aug 1939, 5. "What is that called?" a woman asked, staring at No. 1 (priced 40 guineas) . "It's 'The Sisters'," said a companion. "I beg your pardon. What is it?" "Eggstatic" "Look," said the companion earnestly. "Look closely. Get well back. There are two figures. They're holding hands. No kidstakes."
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