Ian Fairweather
(Scotland, Australia 29 Sep 1891–20 May 1974)
- Title
- Nutmeg sifters
- Other titles:
- Nutmeg sifters (Singapore)
- Year
- (circa 1941)
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour, gouache on thin cream tissue
- Dimensions
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38.4 x 24.6cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l., pencil "I Fairweather". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Tom and Jenny Parramore 1985
- Accession number
- 349.1985
- Copyright
- © Ian Fairweather/DACS. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This delicate watercolour is on very thin paper, and was drawn with economy and speed. There are recognisable 'types' in the image, such as the figure of mother and child, to which Fairweather often returned. The intense concentration of the women as they undertake their work presents a calm and meditative scene.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004
- Bibliography (9)
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Murray Bail (Australia, b.1941) (Author), Ian Fairweather, Sydney, 2009, 69 (colour illus.), 248. plate no. 42; cat.no. 47; titled 'Nutmeg sifters (Singapore)'
INK: Whiteley and Others, Sydney, 2006. List of works
'Time makes its judgment' by Barry Pearce, pg. 2-3., The Weekend Australian 12 Aug 2000-13 Aug 2000, 12 Aug 2000-13 Aug 2000, 2 (colour illus.). This colour supplement is a 'Review Special' published for the 'Weekend Australian'. It consists of a four-page, colour wrap-around for the 'Weekend Australian Review'. 'The Australian' was the media sponsor for the AGNSW Exhibition 'Australian Icons', for the Olympic Arts Festival 2000.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 228 (colour illus.), 300.
'The Drawings of Ian Fairweather' by Anne Ryan, pg. 14-15., Look Oct 1997, Oct 1997, 15 (colour illus.).
Tim Fisher (Author), The drawings of Ian Fairweather, Port Melbourne, 1997, 10, 21 (colour illus.).
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 13, 62 (colour illus.), 120. cat.no. 51
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 75
Murray Bail (Australia, b.1941) (Author), Ian Fairweather, Sydney, 1981, 70 (colour illus.), 234. plate no. 30; cat.no. 55; titled 'Nutmeg Sifters (Singapore)'; Collection Mr T.I. Parramore, Sydney.
- Exhibition history (9)
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Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
The drawings of Ian Fairweather (1997-1998), National Gallery of Australia, 21 Jun 1997–24 Aug 1997.
The drawings of Ian Fairweather (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997.
The drawings of Ian Fairweather (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, 07 Feb 1998–29 Mar 1998.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Ink: Whiteley and others (2006), The Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 Apr 2006–20 Aug 2006.
