(Australia 17 Mar 1895–02 Dec 1988)
- Title
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Sketchbook no. 1: Brisbane c.1914
- Place of origin
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Brisbane →
Queensland →
Australia
- Year
- (circa 1914)
- Media categories
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Sketchbook,
Drawing
- Materials used
- bound sketchbook: 59 leaves, 88 drawings, mixed media
- Dimensions
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19.4 x 27.2cm leaf; 19.9 x 27.5cm closed book
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. endpaper, pen and brown ink "Lloyd Rees/ Xmas/ 1913".
Signed c. on part a [page 1], pencil ".../ ... Lloyd Rees".
Dated c.l. on part a [page 1], pen and black ink "Decr 1913".
- Credit
- Gift of the artits's son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Jancis Rees 1999
- Accession number
- 123.1999.a-ggg
- Copyright
- © A&J Rees. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This is Lloyd Rees' earliest extant sketchbook. The book was a gift from Wal Taylor, bookbinder and work-mate at the Queensland Government Printing Office, Brisbane, where Rees worked 1913-15. It has numerous studies of early Brisbane landmarks - churches, bridges and various public buildings.
Hendrik Kolenberg, 'Lloyd Rees in Europe', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002
- Bibliography (1)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Lloyd Rees in Europe, Domain, 2002, 142.