Title
Salome
(circa 1895)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (circa 1895)
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze statuette
- Dimensions
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27.5 x 13.5 x 8.8 cm sculpture; 4.3 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm base; 31.8 x 13.5 x 8.8 cm overal dimensions
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base, 4.3 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm, attached to black marble base - information for display purposes only
sculpture, 27.5 x 13.5 x 8.8 cm
- Signature & date
Signed left of bronze base, incised "B MACKENNAL". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Elizabeth Finley 1979
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 198.1991.a-b
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Bertram Mackennal
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 07 Oct 1926–20 Oct 1926
Memorial exhibition of statuettes by the Late Sir Bertram Mackennal, K.C.V.O, Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne, May 1932–May 1932
Commemorative exhibition of works by late members, winter exhibition, 1933, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 07 Jan 1933–11 Mar 1933
British sculpture 1850-1914: a loan exhibition of sculpture and medals sponsored by the Victorian Society, Fine Art Society PLC, London, 30 Sep 1968–30 Oct 1968
Winter exhibition (1975), Joseph Brown Gallery, Australia, 1975–1975
SH Ervin Memorial Exhibition (1979), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 18 May 1979–17 Dec 1979
Renaissance References in Australian Art, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 13 Aug 1985–20 Sep 1985
Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 2007–04 Nov 2007
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 21 publications
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Michael Barden, Australian Journal of Philately, 'Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal, KCVO (1863-1931): Australian Sculptor, Medal and Stamp Designer', pg. 15-18, Melbourne, Sep 2008, 17 (colour illus.). NOTE: Sculpture reproduced was from the Art Gallery of WA collection.
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Susan Beattie, The New Sculpture, London, 1983, 247.
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Christie's, Australia Pty. Ltd., Christie's Australia - Australian, International and European painting. Sydney: 30 November 2004, Sydney, 2004, (colour illus.). lot 49
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Chris Deutsher, Nineteenth and twentieth century Australian art, 12 July-18 August 1979: a joint exhibition, Victoria, 1979, 35 (illus.).
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Deborah Edwards, Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Sydney, 1987.
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Deborah Edwards, Bertram Mackennal: Catalogue raisonné, Sydney, 2007. Artworks: Sculpture: 1890s; Note: references sculpture in Art Gallery of Western Australia collection.
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Deborah Edwards, Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Sydney, 2007, 47, 114, 115 (colour illus.),.
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Joseph Brown Gallery, Winter exhibition (1975), Melbourne, 1975, (illus.). cat.no. 22
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Macquarie Galleries, Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Sydney, 1926. cat.no. 18; bronze
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Alan McCulloch (Editor), Encyclopedia of Australian art, Melbourne, 1968, 455 (illus.).
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Juliet Peers, Art and Australia (Vol. 25, No. 2), 'Angles, Harlots and Nymphs: Some themes in Australian Allegorical sculpture', pg 214, Sydney, Summer 1987, 214.
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Juliette Peers, The New Sculpture in Australia : Australian art nouveau sculpture 1880-1920, Victoria, 1987.
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Sotheby's Australia, Sotheby's Sydney: Fine Australian and International Paintings, 15 August 2000, Sydney, 2000, (colour illus.). lot 215
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Sotheby's Australia, Sotheby's Melbourne: Bronzes and sculptures (13 November 1989), Melbourne, 1989. lot 146
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Sotheby's London (Editor), Sotheby's London: European sculpture and works of art 1900, England, 05 Jul 2000, (colour illus.). lot 164
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Sotheby's London (Editor), Sotheby's London, London, 17 Dec 1975, (colour illus.). lot 27
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Sotheby's London (Editor), Sotheby's London: 19th and 20th century sculpture, England, 30 Mar 1990, (colour illus.). lot 103
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Robin Rhona Tranter, Bertram Mackennal: A career, Cremorne, 2004, 159-161.
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J Washington., Renaissance references in Australian Art, 'Bertram Mackennal', Melbourne, 1985.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Christie's Australia - Australian pictures and sculpture. Melbourne, 11 April 1990, South Yarra, Apr 1990, (colour illus.). lot 122
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Editor Unknown, The Australasian antique collector (no. 20), Sydney, 1980, 51 (illus.).
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