Margaret Olley
(Australia 22 Jun 1923–25 Jul 2011)
- Title
- Turkish pots and lemons
- Place of origin
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Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1982
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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68.6 x 91.5cm board; 78.3 x 101.0 x 3.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, green oil "Olley". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 2001
- Accession number
- 457.2001
- Copyright
- © Margaret Olley
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
"I collect things because I might paint them. I love shapes - I wanted to be a sculptor and at first studied both sculpture and painting."
Margaret Olley, 1990
- Bibliography (3)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 138 (colour illus.), 145, 147.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Margaret Olley, Sydney, 1996, 88-89 (colour illus.). plate no. 52
Christine France (Australia) (Author), Margaret Olley, Roseville, 1990, 120, 121 (colour illus.), 179. plate no. 30
- Exhibition history (8)
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Margaret Olley (1982), Holdsworth Galleries, 02 Oct 1982–20 Oct 1982.
The art of Margaret Olley (1990), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 03 Aug 1990–09 Sep 1990.
The art of Margaret Olley (1990), Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum, 15 Sep 1990–07 Oct 1990.
The art of Margaret Olley (1990), Lismore Regional Art Gallery, 13 Oct 1990–17 Nov 1990.
Margaret Olley Retrospective (1996-97), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Oct 1996–05 Jan 1997.
Margaret Olley Retrospective (1996-97), Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum, 17 Jan 1997–23 Feb 1997.
Margaret Olley Retrospective (1996-97), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 19 Apr 1997–08 Jun 1997.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
