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An image of The night of the pigs by William Dobell

William Dobell

(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)

Title
The night of the pigs
Year
1970
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

91.2 x 103.2cm board; 102.2 x 124.0 x 6.5cm frame:

0 - Whole; 90.6 x 102.1cm; SIGHT DIMENSIONS

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, white oil "DOBeLL/ 70".
Credit
Purchased 1971
Accession number
144.1971
Copyright
© Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Elizabeth Donaldson (Australia) (Author), Robert Donaldson (Author), William Dobell: his life, art and home, New South Wales, 2011, 68, 72 (colour illus.), 90, 99, 137.

Elizabeth Donaldson (Australia) (Author), William Dobell: an artist's life, New South Wales, 2010, 124, 125 (colour illus.), 164, 176, 203 (colour illus.).

Ross Woodrow (Author), William Dobell: hard drawing, Newcastle, 2007, 10, 11 (colour illus.), 70.

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Prue Davidson (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), William Dobell - the painter's progress, Sydney, 1997, 110, 112, 133 (colour illus.), 144.

Exhibition history (6)

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998.

William Dobell: hard drawing (2007-2008), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 15 Dec 2007–10 Feb 2008.