Title
Sketchbook 2
1986-1989
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1986-1989
- Media categories
- Sketchbook , Drawing
- Materials used
- bound sketchbook: 70 leaves, 70 drawings, mixed media
- Dimensions
- 20.2 x 12.7 cm leaf; 20.9 x 13.1 x 1.0 cm book closed; 20.9 x 26.8 cm book open
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r. page 27, black fibre-tipped pen "Gleeson 9.1.87".
Dated c.r. page 1, black fibre-tipped pen "29.6.86".
Dated u.r. page 3, black fibre-tipped pen "30.6.86".
Dated l.r. corner page 5, black fibre-tipped pen "1.7.86".
Dated l.r. page 7, black fibre-tipped pen "2.7.86".
Dated l.r. page 9, black fibre-tipped pen "3.7.86".
Dated u.r. page 11, black fibre-tipped pen "4.7.86".
Dated u.r. page 13, black fibre-tipped pen "14.7.86".
Dated l.r. page 15, black fibre-tipped pen "15.7.86".
Dated l.r. page 17, pencil "18.7.86".
Dated l.r. page 19, pencil "29.8.86".
Dated c.r. page 21, pencil "23.9.86".- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2002
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 284.2002.a-aaaa
- Copyright
- © Gleeson O'Keefe Foundation
- Artist information
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James Gleeson
Works in the collection
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About
The drawings in this sketchbook are the basis for the larger drawings in charcoal and collage which in turn are the basis for Gleeson's monumental paintings of the 1980s and 1990s. They are miniature versions of the paintings, often little altered in design or mood from these small drawings.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003
James Gleeson centenary: works from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Nov 2015–27 Jan 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Sydney, 2003, 111 (illus., page 9 [part e]).
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