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An image of Chaos by John D. Moore

John D. Moore

(Australia 06 Sep 1888–09 Dec 1958)

Title
Chaos
Place of origin
Australia
Year
1923
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

61.0 x 76.0cm stretcher; 85.2 x 99.8 x 10cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., black oil "JOHN.D.MOORE 23".
Credit
Purchased 1996
Accession number
484.1996
Copyright
© Estate of David Moore
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (9)

Howard Tanner (Australia) (Author), Inara Walden (Australia) (Author), Thoroughly modern Sydney: 1920s and 30s glamour & style, Sydney, 2006, 10. List of works.

John Slater (England) (Author), Through artists' eyes: Australian suburbs and their cities 1919-1945, Melbourne, 2004, xiv, 186 (colour illus.), 187. illus.no. 148

Robert Freestone (Editor), Stephen Hamnett (Editor), The Australian metropolis, St Leonards, 2000, front cover (colour illus., detail), title page (illus.).

Peter Emmett (Author), Sydney: metropolis, suburb, harbour, Glebe, 2000, 89 (colour illus.), 90.

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 151 (colour illus.), 301.

John D. Moore, Art and Australia Autumn 1974, Autumn 1974, 377, 373 (colour illus.).

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. not paginated, cat.no. 135, lent by the artist, [Gallery No.2]

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 52] 16 Oct 1933, 16 Oct 1933, 21.

'Art notes. Paintings and drawings by John D. Moore', author unknown., Age 11 Aug 1926, 11 Aug 1926, page unknown. Review of an exhibition held at The New Gallery, 107 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 10-21 August 1926. A painting titled 'Chaos' is mentioned.

Exhibition history (7)

Oils and watercolours by John D. Moore, Macquarie Galleries, 17 Jun 1925–27 Jun 1925.

150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.

John D. Moore 1888-1958, Macquarie Galleries, 03 Jun 1959–15 Jun 1959.

An Exhibition of the work of John D. Moore, War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney, 15 Jul 1959–07 Aug 1959.

A collection of works by John D. Moore (1888-1958), Macquarie Galleries, 17 Jul 1974–29 Jul 1974.

Suburb, Museum of Sydney, 15 Apr 2000–23 Jul 2000.

Thoroughly modern Sydney, Museum of Sydney, 01 Jul 2006–15 Oct 2006.