James Gleeson
(Australia 21 Nov 1915–20 Oct 2008)
- Title
- Study for 'Genesis'
- Year
- 1991
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- charcoal, collage, squared with pencil on white wove paper
- Dimensions
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37.9 x 51.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., charcoal "Gleeson 5.5.91".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2001
- Accession number
- 189.2001
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'Genesis really described what I had in mind. Forms issuing from the darkness into the light and becoming concrete shapes and forms, the beginning', James Gleeson 27 August 2003.
The first study for this drawing is in the AGNSW's Gleeson 'Sketchbook 3'.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'James Gleeson: drawings for paintings', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003, pg. 97.
- Bibliography (1)
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Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Domain, 1953, 97 (colour illus.). cat.no. 43
- Exhibition history (1)
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James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003.
