Title
Hillside, Rainbow Valley
2003
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 2003
- Media categories
- Drawing , Watercolour
- Materials used
- charcoal, watercolour, gouache on white Arches paper
- Dimensions
- 75.5 x 105.5 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., brown watercolour "Cassab/ 03".
- Credit
- Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 229.2004
- Copyright
- © Estate of Judy Cassab/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Judy Cassab
Works in the collection
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About
The Gallery has two other works from the Rainbow Valley series in the collection, one a drawing, the other a watercolour, both of which were included in the Dobell Drawing Prize exhibitions in 1997 and 1999 respectively. 'Rainbow Valley' is in the Northern Territory near Alice Springs, and has been a rich source of inspiration for Cassab in her exploration of the dual themes of landscape and abstraction for a number of years. She first visited there in 1975 and has returned many times in subsequent years.
She recalled her first impressions of the valley in her diary: "….. Voila! There was the magic I was missing. It’s a fragile place, so old that it would make the Greek ruins look young. The character of the rock is like nothing I have ever seen. We ate lunch in a cave where the rock ceiling looked like three waves of a Chinese scroll, meeting gracefully, reflecting the orange glow and the ivory sheen of the walls. Amazing. Enchanting".
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2015
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Judy Cassab: Rainbow Valley, The Spirit of the place (2004), Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney, 01 Jun 2004–19 Jun 2004
Australian Collection Focus: Judy Cassab, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 May 2008–31 Aug 2008
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Michael Carr Art Dealer, Judy Cassab: Rainbow Valley, The spirit of the place, Sydney, 2004. cat.no. 8
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Anne Ryan, Look, 'Judy Cassab's landscapes: Celebrating her adventurous spirit', pg. 16-17, Sydney, Jul 2008, 16 (colour illus.).
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