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An image of Chinese screen and yellow room by Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley

(Australia 22 Jun 1923–25 Jul 2011)

Title
Chinese screen and yellow room
Place of origin
Paddington → Sydney → New South Wales → Australia
Year
1996
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

75.0 x 75.0cm board; 93.0 x 93.0 x 4.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "Olley". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1996
Accession number
551.1996
Copyright
© Estate of Margaret Olley
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Helen Campbell, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Out of Sydney: city and hinterlands', pg. 185-186, Domain, 2000, 211 (colour illus.), 301.

Christine France, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection 2002, 'Donald Friend / Margaret Olley', pg. 128-139, Domain, 2002, 136, 137 (colour illus.), 145, 147.

Barry Pearce, Look Oct 2011, 'Eulogy for Margaret Olley: given by Barry Pearce on July 29, 2011', pg. 12-14, Newtown, Oct 2011, 12 (colour illus.).

Christine France; ‘Exhibition list of works’., It’s all about the light: works by Margaret Olley from public collections 2013, ‘It’s all about the light: works by Margaret Olley from public collections’, Murwillumbah, 2013, (colour illus.). not paginated

Exhibition history (4)

Inside Out: Still Life and Interiors Post 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Jul 1999–31 Jan 2000

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003

Margaret Olley and Donald Friend (2006):

It's all about the light: works by Margaret Olley from public collections, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 11 Jan 2013–18 Apr 2013