Janet Dawson
(Australia 1935– )
- Title
- Scribble rock pomegranates (diptych)
- Place of origin
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Binalong →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1999
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- diptych: pastel on paper
- Dimensions
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32.5 x 79.5cm sight; 56.8 x 120.5 x 4.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., pencil "Janet Dawson 1999".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Arthur Boyd Acquisition Fund 1999
- Accession number
- 136.1999
- Copyright
- © Janet Dawson. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Drawing has always been central to Janet Dawson's oeuvre. An influential figure in Australian abstraction in the 1960s, her work was included in the NGV's landmark exhibition 'The field' in 1968. However her work became more figurative in the early 1970s, with a close focus upon drawing the natural world - plants, animals and landscape, which reflected the life she and her husband Michael Boddy lead as organic farmers in rural NSW. 'Scribble rock' is the name of their property near Binalong.
'Scribble rock pomegranates' is a joyous and lyrical study of pomegranates scattered casually on a table. The pastel expressively evokes the fleshy shapes and glossy seeds of the fruit, contrasted with the thick newspapers and plastic bags that contained them. Dawson's interest in the metaphorical aspects of still life are expressed in the images of the fruit at various stages of their life cycle.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1999
- Bibliography (1)
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"A natural history: an interview with Janet Dawson" by Gary Cantalano, pg. 332-341., Art and Australia (Vol. 34, No. 3) Jan 1997-Mar 1997, Jan 1997-Mar 1997, 332 - 341. Note that this is a general reference of the works of Dawson and does not directly refer to this drawing.
- Exhibition history (1)
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Seventh International Works on Paper Fair Sydney, Fox Studios, 22 Jul 1999–25 Jul 1999.
