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An image of Harbour Bridge from Potts Point by Sydney Ure Smith

Sydney Ure Smith

(Australia 1887–1949)

Title
Harbour Bridge from Potts Point
Other titles:
The Bridge from Potts Point
Year
1937
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
pencil, watercolour on ivory wove paper
Dimensions

46.5 x 57.5cm image; 48.4 x 59.3cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "S Ure Smith [underlined]/ 1937".
Credit
Gift of the Society of Artists 1938
Accession number
6526
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Howard Tanner (Australia) (Author), Inara Walden (Australia) (Author), Thoroughly modern Sydney: 1920s and 30s glamour & style, Sydney, 2006, 10. List of works.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 55 (colour illus.), 119. cat.no. 44

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 74

Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Domain, 1946, 6, 11. cat.no. 38; titled 'The Bridge from Potts Point'

Exhibition history (7)

Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946.

Australian Academy of Art and the Contemporary Art Society (1986), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 15 May 1986–16 Jul 1986.

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.

Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.

Kings Cross - Bohemian Sydney, Elizabeth Bay House, 31 May 2003–21 Sep 2003.

Thoroughly modern Sydney, Museum of Sydney, 01 Jul 2006–15 Oct 2006.