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An image of The beach by Harley Griffiths Senior

Harley Griffiths Senior

(Australia 03 Jun 1878–21 Dec 1951)

Title
The beach
Year
1913
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas on paperboard
Dimensions

35.0 x 50.5cm board; 44.8 x 80.3 x 4.2cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, grey oil "H Griffiths 1913".
Credit
Gift of Howard Hinton 1928
Accession number
573
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

The beach 2000, 2000, 00:19.00 for 2 seconds (colour, detail). A shift from digger icon to lifesaver. Fashioning the beach through European eyes.

Linda Slutzkin (Australia, d.2005) (Author), On the beach, Sydney, 1982, 12 (illus.). cat.no. 7

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Howard Hinton memorial exhibition, Sydney, 1948, 15. cat.no. 93

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. not paginated, cat.no. 134 [Gallery No. 2]

Exhibition history (4)

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

Howard Hinton memorial exhibition (1948), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 1948–30 Apr 1948.

On the Beach, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Dec 1982–28 Dec 1982.

Images of Sydney and Environs 1850-1950 (1985), New South Wales House, Mar 1985–May 1985.