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An image of White lines (vertical) on ultramarine by Tony Tuckson

Tony Tuckson

(Egypt, England, Australia 18 Jan 1921–24 Nov 1973)

Title
White lines (vertical) on ultramarine
Year
(1970-1973)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
diptych: synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
Dimensions

213.5 x 244.6cm board overall:

a - left panel; 213.5 x 122.3cm

b - right panel; 213.5 x 122.3cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Annette Dupree 1976
Accession number
127.1976.a-b
Copyright
© Margaret Tuckson
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Further information

If we consider the several components manifested in a work of art ... foremost is man himself, the artist ... but equally important is the use of his intuitive faculties – the influence of the unconscious.

Tony Tuckson 1964

It is for his later paintings such as 'White lines (vertical) on ultramarine' that Tony Tuckson is admired as one of Australia’s finest abstract expressionists. From the late 1950s, he used increasingly simplified forms and restricted colour
to concentrate on the act of painting. While absorbing developments in European and American abstraction and admiring the work of fellow Australian artist Ian Fairweather, Tuckson’s approach is perhaps most strongly allied to his
lifelong interest in Aboriginal and Melanesian art.

Bibliography (11)

Susan Borham (Editor in Chief) and Michael Hutak (Editor), Australian art collector Apr 2001-Jun 2001, Sydney, Apr 2001-Jun 2001, 60 (illus.).

Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1986, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, New South Wales, 1986, 40 (illus.). cat.no. 44

Renée Free, Geoffrey Legge and Daniel Thomas, Tony Tuckson, Roseville, 2006, 140 (colour illus.), 200. plate no. 153

Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. 102-181, Domain, 1999, 165 (colour illus.).

Jonathan Jones and Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Jonathan Jones: the tyranny of distance 2008, 'Jonathan Jones in conversation with Hetti Perkins', pg. 12-19, Paddington, 2008, 14 (colour illus.).

Susan McCulloch, Alan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs, The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art, 'A prophet in his own country', pg. xi, Carlton, 2006, xi, 967-968.

Ewen McDonald (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 87 (colour illus.).

Sandra McGrath, Art and Australia (vol. 12, no. 2) Oct 1974-Dec 1974, 'Tony Tuckson', pg. 156-166, Sydney, Oct 1974-Dec 1974, cover (colour illus.). dated c.1972-73.

Barry Pearce, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Landscape and gesture', pg. 239-240, Domain, 2000, 259 (colour illus.), 302.

Nick Waterlow (Director), The 1988 Australian Biennale: From the Southern Cross: a view of world art c1940-1988 1988, List of works in the exhibition 276-282, Sydney, 1988, 282.

INK: Whiteley and Others 2006, Sydney, 2006. List of works

Exhibition history (5)

Tony Tuckson, Watters Gallery, East Sydney, 11 Apr 1973–05 May 1973

Tony Tuckson 1921-1973, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Apr 1976–09 May 1976

Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Australia, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986

Australian Biennale 1988: From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c1940-1988:

Ink: Whiteley and others (2006), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 29 Apr 2006–20 Aug 2006