Title
The night of the pigs
1970
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1970
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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91.2 x 103.2 cm board; 102.2 x 124.0 x 6.5 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 90.6 x 102.1 cm, SIGHT DIMENSIONS
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, white oil "DOBeLL/ 70".
- Credit
- Purchased 1971
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 144.1971
- 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 4 exhibitions
Recent paintings by Sir William Dobell, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 03 Apr 1970–26 Apr 1970
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
William Dobell: hard drawing (2007-2008), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 15 Dec 2007–10 Feb 2008
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 29 May 2015–12 Jul 2015
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 16 Oct 2015–06 Dec 2015
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, 05 Mar 2016–24 Apr 2016
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 13 May 2016–03 Jul 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 8 publications
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Prue Davidson, William Dobell - the painter's progress, 'The later years', pg. 110-133, Sydney, 1997, 110, 112, 133 (colour illus.), 144.
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Elizabeth Donaldson and Robert Donaldson, William Dobell: his life, art and home, 'New Guinea: a new beginning', pg. 65-73, New South Wales, 2011, 68, 72 (colour illus.), 90, 99, 137.
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Elizabeth Donaldson, William Dobell: an artist's life, 'New Guinea and a new beginning', pg. 111-125, New South Wales, 2010, 124, 125 (colour illus.), 164, 176, 203 (colour illus.).
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Frances Kelly, The Canberra times, 'What Dobell was doing', pg. 27, Ainslie, 08 Apr 1970, 27. Review of the exhibition 'Recent paintings by Sir William Dobell', held at Newcastle Art Gallery, 3-26 April 1970.
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Ian Mathews (Editor), The Canberra times, 'Dobell bequest auction', pg. 1, Ainslie, 06 Oct 1971, 1 (illus.). 'Christie's auctioneer, Major W A Spowers, appraises Sir William Dobell's 'Night of the Pigs', which sold for $11,000 at the sale held at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, last night'.
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John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Paradise lost', pg. 16-17, Sydney, 04 Jul 2015-05 Jul 2015, 17. Review of the exhibition 'Painter in paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea'.
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Natalie Wilson, Painter in paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, 'I can get something entirely new', pg. 102-, Sydney, 2015, 110, 113 (colour illus.), 126. cat.no. 118
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Ross Woodrow, William Dobell: hard drawing, Newcastle, 2007, 10, 11 (colour illus.), 70.
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