William Dobell
(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)
- Title
- Woman watching a funeral
- Year
- (1938)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on cardboard
- Dimensions
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13.2 x 17.1cm board; 19.3 x 23.6 x 3.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. corner, white oil "W Dobell". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Miss Jacqueline Crookston 1996
- Accession number
- 497.1996
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (12)
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'Drawing conclusions' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 14-17., Look Sep 2006, Sep 2006, 15 (colour illus.).
Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), William Dobell: portraits in context, Kent Town, 2003, 1 (colour illus.), 4, 22, 48 (colour illus.).
Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Gavin Fry (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Australian painters of the twentieth century, Roseville, 2000, 82 (colour illus.).
"Exhibitions: The Painter's Progress" by Craig Judd, pg. 46-47., Art and Australia (Vol. 35, No.1) Sep 1997, Sep 1997, 46, 47 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Prue Davidson (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), William Dobell - the painter's progress, Sydney, 1997, 4 (colour illus.), 34, 62 (colour illus.), back (colour illus.). cat.no. 18a
Various (Author), The critic as advocate: selected essays 1941-1988, Melbourne, 1989, 189-192.
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), William Dobell, London, 1964, illus.. plate no. 39, cat.no. 74
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), William Dobell: paintings from 1926 to 1964, Sydney, 1964. cat.no. 65; not paginated
John Douglas Pringle (England; Australia, d.1999) (Author), Australian Painting Today, London, 1963, 64.
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 14; titled 'Woman watching a wedding'; Lent by Dr and Mrs RM Crookston, Camden; not paginated
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), Contemporary Australian painting, Unknown, 1956. cat.no. 14, titled 'Watching a wedding'
Author Unknown (Author), The Art of William Dobell, Sydney, 1946, 46 (illus.). plate no. 39
- Exhibition history (13)
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Margaret Preston and William Dobell loan exhibition (1942), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Mar 1942–16 Apr 1942.
The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959.
Paintings and Drawings by William Dobell (1960), John Martin's Auditorium, 11 Mar 1960–26 Mar 1960.
William Dobell (1960), Museum of Modern Art in Australia, 17 May 1960–10 Jun 1960.
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964.
William Dobell: an exhibition of selected works (1965), Qantas Gallery, London, 14 Sep 1965–16 Oct 1965.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Portraits in context: the early work of William Dobell (2003), Carrick Hill, 08 Mar 2003–29 Jun 2003.
