Collection
James Gleeson
(Australia 21 Nov 1915–20 Oct 2008)
- Title
- Study for 'Clouds of witness'
- Other titles:
- Study of male figure
- Year
- 1953
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and black ink on violet/grey wash
- Dimensions
-
25.4 x 18.3cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Dated l.r., pen and black ink "10.9.53".
- Credit
- Gift of Frank O'Keefe 1993
- Accession number
- 201.1993
- Copyright
- © Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This is a rare study for the central male figure of the middle panel of a triptych, painted thirteen years after the drawing. Male figures in Gleeson's paintings from the 1950s and 60s were generally based on photographs in physical culture magazines, rather than on studies from life.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'James Gleeson: drawings for paintings', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003, pg. 55.
- Bibliography (1)
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, James Gleeson: drawings for paintings 2003, Domain, 2003, 54 (colour illus.), 55. cat.no. 16
- Exhibition history (1)
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James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003
