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Matthew Gilbert

(Australia circa 1920– )

Language group
Yawuru, Kimberley region
Title
Head
Place of origin
La GrangeWestern AustraliaAustralia
Year
circa 1985
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
natural pigments on carved sandstone
Dimensions

33.6 x 14.1 x 12.0cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Gordon and Rosalind Davies 1994
Accession number
455.1994
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 74-75, 79. cat.no. 25

'Portrait sculpture: simultaneosly the most artificial and the most "real"' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 29-31., Look Sep 2003, Sep 2003, 31.

Exhibition history (3)

Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.

A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999.

Presence and absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 22 Aug 2003–16 Nov 2003.