Collection
James Gleeson
(Australia 21 Nov 1915–20 Oct 2008)
- Title
- (Compositional studies of rock formations)
- Place of origin
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Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1946
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and black ink, grey watercolour, opaque white, squared
- Dimensions
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15.4 x 12.4cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank O'Keefe 1993
- Accession number
- 135.1993
- Copyright
- © Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'The nerve garden didn't decay. I wanted the rock to have a kind of movement you don't normally have in rock forms - animal-like movement ... the animation is taken from the figures and put into the rocks ...'
As a child Glesson spent many hours by coastal rock pools at Terrigal, NSW, where rock formations and the sea fascinated him. They became a recurring motif in his paintings from his earliest work to the present.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'James Gleeson: drawings for paintings', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003, pg. 41.
- Bibliography (1)
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, James Gleeson: drawings for paintings 2003, Domain, 2003, 40 (colour illus.). cat.no. 7d
- Exhibition history (1)
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James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003
