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An image of Study for "The duchess disrobes" by William Dobell

William Dobell

(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)

Title
Study for "The duchess disrobes"
Other titles:
Study for "duchess disrobing"
Year
1936
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
gouache on cardboard
Dimensions

25.4 x 23.9cm sheet

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased with assistance from the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation 1987
Accession number
518.1987
Copyright
© Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), William Dobell: portraits in context, Kent Town, 2003, 12 (illus.), 13, 44 (colour illus.).

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 186, 190 (colour illus.), 300.

William Dobell: the painters progress 1997, 1997, 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, 50, 52 (colour illus.). cat.no. 12b

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 13, 60 (colour illus.), 120. cat.no. 49

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 10

Exhibition history (11)

William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964.

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.

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.