Lawson Balfour
(Australia 17 Aug 1870–09 Feb 1966)
- Title
- Halcyon
- Place of origin
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Dee Why →
Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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57.3 x 62.5cm stretcher; 70.0 x 74.5 x 4.4cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., brown oil "Lawson Balfour". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1921
- Accession number
- 642
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (10)
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Bob Pauling (Australia) (Author), Art & Music in early Dee Why, Neutral Bay, 2010, 17, 18. General reference
Ian Burn (Australia; United States of America, b.1939, d.1993) (Author), National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, Sydney, 1990, 140, 141 (colour illus.). plate no. 106
Linda Slutzkin (Australia, d.2005) (Author), On the beach, Sydney, 1982, 15 (illus.). cat.no. 10
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 7. cat.no. 30
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 68 [Gallery No. 2]
Australian Exhibition Commission (Australia) (Author), Catalogue: British Empire Exhibition (Wembley) 1924, 1924, 95. no catalogue numbers; Lent by the Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), Catalogue of an exhibition of the works of Australian artists, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 41, by 'Lawrence Balfour' [sic]; not paginated
Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), The exhibition of Australian art to be held at the galleries of the Royal Academy London, 1923, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 17a; titled 'Halcyon days'; not paginated
The soldier 29 Jul 1921, 29 Jul 1921, (illus.).
Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1880), Royal Art Society of New South Wales 42nd Annual Exhibition (1921), Sydney, 1921, 6, (illus.). cat.no. 45; titled 'Halryon' on page 6 with catalogue numbers, however spelt 'Halcyon' beside reproduction.
- Exhibition history (7)
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Forty-second Annual Exhibition of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales (1921), Exhibition Gallery Department of Public Instruction, 02 Aug 1921 -.
Exhibition of Australian art (1923), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Jun 1923 -.
Exhibition of Australian Art (1923), Burlington House, 06 Oct 1923–03 Nov 1923.
British Empire Exhibition (1924), Empire Stadium, 23 Apr 1924–Oct 1925.
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.
On the Beach, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Dec 1982–28 Dec 1982.
