James Gleeson
(Australia 21 Nov 1915–20 Oct 2008)
- Title
- Study for 'Sleep'
- Place of origin
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Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1948
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil, pen and blue ink, sienna and black ink wash on sketchbook page
- Dimensions
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14.0 x 22.6cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank O'Keefe 1993
- Accession number
- 173.1993
- Copyright
- © Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Gleeson utilised bricks as imagery very early, e.g. 'We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit' 1940, 'Structural emblems of a friend' 1941 and 'The oracle' 1948. This drawing is for the reclining male figure in 'Sleep' painted in London. His desire to reveal what lies beneath the surface, a defining theme in Gleeson's work, was illustrated for him by exposed brickwork in bombed buildings in London after the war.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'James Gleeson: drawings for paintings', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003, pg. 47.
- Bibliography (2)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Domain, 2003, 47 (colour illus.). cat.no. 11
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Domain, 2003, 13.
- Exhibition history (1)
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James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003.
