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An image of The refugees by Grace Cossington Smith

Grace Cossington Smith

(Australia 1892–20 Dec 1984)

Title
The refugees
Year
(circa 1918)
Media category
Drawing
Materials used
pencil on paper
Dimensions

29.0 x 35.6cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.r.corner, pencil "G. COSSINGTON SMITH". Not dated.
Credit
Thea Proctor Memorial Fund 1972
Accession number
12.1972
Copyright
© Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Jaynie Anderson (Editor), The Cambridge companion to Australian Art, Port Melbourne, 2011, 110.

Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Editor), Grace Cossington Smith, Canberra, 2005, 14, 15 (colour illus.).

John Slater (England) (Author), Through artists' eyes: Australian suburbs and their cities 1919-1945, Melbourne, 2004, 98, 100 (illus.). illus.no. 83

Catherine Speck (Australia) (Author), Painting ghosts: Australian women artists in wartime, Melbourne, 2004, 49 (colour illus.), 229. illus.no. 20

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 40 (illus.). cat.no. 27

Ros Pesman (Author), Duty Free - Australian Women Abroad, Sydney, 1996.

Exhibition history (6)

Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), National Gallery of Australia, 04 Mar 2005–13 Jun 2005.

Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Art Gallery of South Australia, 29 Jul 2005–09 Oct 2005.

Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Oct 2005–15 Jan 2006.

Grace Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhibition (2005), Queensland Art Gallery, 11 Feb 2006–30 Apr 2006.