Peter Kingston
(Australia 08 May 1943– )
- Title
- Friday night at Kookaburra's
- Year
- 2003
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour linocut printed in blue and black inks, hand-coloured in yellow and white gouache on cream laid tissue
- Edition
- Unnumbered
- Dimensions
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30.4 x 30.3cm blockmark (irreg.); 47.1 x 31.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Peter Kingston 03". Signed within block to print l.r. corner, black ink "PK".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2004
- Accession number
- 296.2004
- Copyright
- © Peter Kingston
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This linocut is directly inspired by Japanese woodblock prints, in which Peter Kingston has a keen interest, particularly since he saw the Hiroshige prints in the NGA's 2001 exhibition 'Monet and Japan'.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004
- Bibliography (2)
-
Gavin Wilson (Australia) (Author), Harbourlife, Sydney, 2007, 57, 26, 26 (colour illus.).
'Tale of two artists: a dance of fantasy and reality' by Jill Sykes, pg. 18-20., Look Oct 2006, Oct 2006, 20 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour from the 1940s to recent times, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 30 Nov 2007–13 Jan 2008.
Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour from the 1940s to recent times, Macquarie University Art Gallery, 23 Jan 2008–08 Mar 2008.
