Web Gilbert
(Australia 1867–1925)
- Title
- William Moore
- Year
- 1905-1906
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- marble
- Dimensions
-
35.8 x 21.0 x 18.0cm:
base; 9 x 20.5 x 20.5cm; marble base
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs Moore 1938
- Accession number
- 6525
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
William Moore (1868-1937) was a Sydney journalist and art critic, who wrote the first comprehensive survey on Australian art, 'The story of Australian art: from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today', in 1934.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 80. cat.no. 32
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Domain, 1987. no catalogue numbers
William Moore (Australia, b.1868, d.1937) (Author), The Story of Australian Art: from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 2), Sydney, 1934, 87 (illus.). A photograph of the sculptor at work on this bust appears.
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1989.
