Ron Robertson-Swann

(Australia 20 Feb 1941– )

Title

Golden breach

Year

1965

Media category

Painting

Materials used

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Dimensions

259.2 x 111.1cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1983

Accession number

234.1983

Copyright

Location

20th & 21st c Australian art

Bibliography (4)

'Hard work: A new show reminds us of the limitations of colour-field abstraction' by Christopher Allen, pg. 12-13., The Weekend Australian 17 Oct 2009-18 Oct 2009, 17 Oct 2009-18 Oct 2009, 13. Focus room ‘Tackling the field’ exhibition review.

'Tackling The Field' by Natalie Wilson, pg. 1-29., Tackling THE FIELD 2009, 2009, 8, 9, 21 (colour illus.), 22.

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Dead Sun, Domain, 1997.

Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997) (Author), Royston Harpur (Australia, b.1938) (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), The field, Melbourne, 1968, 62 (illus.). cat.no. 57

Exhibition history (8)

Exhibition of work by 3 new sculptors (Ron Robertson-Swann, Wendy Taylor & Yardeni), Kasmin Gallery, 04 Feb 1966–Mar 1966.

The field, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 21 Aug 1968–28 Sep 1968.

The field, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Oct 1968–24 Nov 1968.

Ron Robertson-Swann survey (1975), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 03 Apr 1975–27 Apr 1975.

Dead Sun, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Oct 1997–09 Nov 1997.

Hard Edge, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Aug 1999–24 Oct 1999.

Australian abstraction 1965-1985: from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Dec 2006–25 Jan 2007.

Australian Collection Focus: Tackling THE FIELD, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Sep 2009–29 Nov 2009.