Title
Hospital theme - the sterilizer
1942
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1942
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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81.3 x 47.0 cm board; 95.0 x 59.8 x 6.7 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 81 x 46 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, red oil "Eric Wilson". Dated l.l. corner, pencil "42".
- Credit
- Purchased 1945
- Location
- South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries
- Accession number
- 7577
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Eric Wilson
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About
At the time this painting was created, Eric Wilson was working as a ward attendant at Sydney's Lidcombe State Hospital. Drawing inspiration from his surroundings, the subject of this painting is an autoclave – a machine that heats liquids above boiling point to obtain sterilisation. Instead of portraying the machine from a single vantage point, Wilson has embraced cubist theories which attempted to convey three-dimensional objects from several angles at once.
In his later career, Wilson championed cubism in both his teaching and exhibited works, such as 'Hospital theme – the sterilizer', which was shown at the fourth annual Contemporary Art Society exhibition in 1942.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Eric Wilson, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 29 Jul 1983–28 Aug 1983
Eric Wilson, Banyule Gallery, , 16 Sep 1983–16 Oct 1983
Eric Wilson, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 04 Nov 1983–04 Dec 1983
Sydney Moderns, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Jul 2013–07 Oct 2013
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Sue Cramer and Lesley Harding, Cubism & Australian art, 'Re-picturing the Modern World 1940-1949', pg. 109-143, Melbourne, 2009, 127, 129 (colour illus.).
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Craig Lilienthal, Journal of the Medical Defence Union, Sydney, 1995, front cover (illus.).
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George Palmer and Stephanie Short, Health care and public policy: an Australian analysis, South Yarra, 2000, front cover (colour illus.).
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Andrew Sayers, Eric Wilson, Newcastle, 1983, 52 (illus.). cat.no. 50
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Fourth Annual Exhibition: Contemporary Art Society, Sydney, 1942. cat.no. 119; priced 30 gns
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