Title
Study for 'Apocalyptic horse'
(circa 1955)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (circa 1955)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- black fibre-tipped pen
- Dimensions
- 16.2 x 22.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation 2017
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 233.2017
- Copyright
- © Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art
- Artist information
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Albert Tucker
Works in the collection
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About
During the mid 1950s, towards the end of a ten year period in Europe, Tucker's interest in Australian subject matter was rekindled by seeing fellow artist Sidney Nolan's recent work. In 1954 the two artists held a joint exhibition at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, where Nolan's carcase paintings made a deep impression, as did the black and white photographs he showed Tucker of the drought in Australia. Inspired by those images, Tucker created a series of drawings including this one – as part of his working process toward making paintings, including the extraordinary 'Apocalyptic horse' 1956.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Albert Tucker: promised gifts from the Estate, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Jan 2007–11 Mar 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Gavin Fry, Albert Tucker, Sydney, 2006, 116 (colour illus.).
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