Collection
Gladys Gibbons
(Australia 25 Dec 1903–02 Nov 1969)
- Title
- Daisies
- Year
- (circa 1933)
- Media category
- Materials used
- linocut, printed in black ink on thin ivory laid tissue
- Edition
- from unknown edition
- Dimensions
-
26.2 x 23.5cm blockmark (irreg.); 29.9 x 26cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Gladys Gibbons." Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of George Soutter and John Yu 2008
- Accession number
- 58.2008
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Gladys Gibbons studied design (which included linocutting as an exercise in simplification) at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School under Thea Proctor, who became a lifelong friend. Gibbons exhibited her linocuts throughout the 1920s and 30s, later pursuing a career as an art teacher at secondary schools in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Bibliography (2)
-
Helen Campbell, Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s 2010, 'Introduction', pg. 2, Sydney, 2010, 12 (colour illus.).
Macquarie Galleries, (Contemporary Group Exhibition) 1933, Sydney, 1933, (illus.). NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Contemporary Group, Farmer's Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 24 Oct 1933–04 Nov 1933
