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An image of At Pyrmont by Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

(Australia 14 Oct 1938–09 Dec 2009)

Title
At Pyrmont
Place of origin
Glebe → Sydney → New South Wales → Australia
Year
(1969)
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, aquatint dark brown ink on ivory wove cartridge paper
Edition
1/15
Dimensions

29.5 x 40.4cm platemark; 34.0 x 44.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Dunlop". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1989
Accession number
289.1989
Copyright
© Estate of Brian Dunlop
Location
Not on display
Further information

Brian Dunlop was born in Sydney and studied at the National Art School 1954-59. In 1962 he travelled in southern Europe, and from 1965-68 painted in Rome, Sykros, Majorca, Morocco and London. Dunlop studied etching under Earle Backen and Elizabeth Rooney at East Sydney Technical College after he returned to Australia in 1969. His first prints were of subjects from sketchbooks made while he was in Europe. He was living at Glebe in Sydney when he made 'At Pyrmont'. He saw a row of terrace houses being knocked down in front of a large woolstore building, drew the image directly onto the plate and printed it on his own press.

Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints from the Gallery's collection', AGNSW, 1998

Bibliography (3)

Anne Ryan (Australia) (Curator), Sydney prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers, Sydney, 2006. List of works.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994. cat.no. 26

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 121 (colour illus.). cat.no. 102

Exhibition history (8)

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995.

Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999.

Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 19 Aug 2006–24 Sep 2006.

Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 09 Feb 2007–11 Mar 2007.

Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers, Tamworth City Gallery, 24 Mar 2007–29 Apr 2007.