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An image of Still life with bronze horse by Earle Backen

Earle Backen

(Australia 01 Sep 1927–03 Oct 2005)

Title
Still life with bronze horse
Year
1988-1989
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
pencil, watercolour
Dimensions

55.8 x 73.7cm sheet; 80.0 x 97.0 x 3.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "E.I. Backen ''88/89".
Credit
Purchased 1990
Accession number
1.1990
Copyright
© Earle Backen Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Author), Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), The Australian Watercolour Institute, Willoughby, 2006, 7 (colour illus.). Photograph shows Curator, Hendrik Kolenberg, standing in front of the watercolour during the exhibition of the artist's work in 2005.

'Earle Backen in focus: an artist who deserves to be more widely known' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 25-27., Look Oct 2005, Oct 2005, 27.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 16, 98 (colour illus.), 124. cat.no. 89

Exhibition history (4)

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.

Inside Out: Still Life and Interiors Post 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 Jul 1999–31 Jan 2000.