Margaret Preston
(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)
- Title
- Nasturtiums
- Other titles:
- possibly also known as 'Virginia stock'
- Place of origin
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London →
England
- Year
- (circa 1916)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on cardboard
- Dimensions
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61.2 x 50.7cm board; 68.4 x 58.0 x 3.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. corner, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1920
- Accession number
- 684
- Copyright
- © Margaret Rose Preston Estate. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (11)
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Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 46 (colour illus.), 47, 282.
Margaret Preston: Catalogue raisonné of paintings, monotypes and ceramics 2005, 2005, (colour illus.). Artworks: paintings 1916.
Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 85. cat.no. O.3
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Margaret Preston (Australia; England; France, b.1875, d.1963) (Author), Exhibition of Australian women painters, Domain, 1946. cat.no. 30; titled 'Nasturtiums'
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Margaret Preston and William Dobell loan exhibition, Sydney, 1942, 8. cat.no. 22
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 814 [Gallery No. 7]
George Galway (Australia) (Author), Fifty years of Australian art by members of Royal Art Society 1879-1929, Sydney, 1929. cat.no. 114
Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1880), Royal Art Society of New South Wales 42nd Annual Exhibition (1921), Sydney, 1921. cat.no. 118; unpriced
'Royal Art Society', pg. 10., The Sydney Morning Herald 06 Aug 1920, 06 Aug 1920, 10. Review of the Royal Art Society annual exhibition.
Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1880), Royal Art Society of New South Wales 41st Annual Exhibition (1920), Sydney, 1920. cat.no. 2; price: 12 Gns.
Preece's Gallery of Australian Art (Australia), Exhibition of paintings, etc. by Misses Margaret R Macpherson and Gladys Reynell, Adelaide, 1919, 3. cat.no. 7; titled 'Nasturtiums'; price: 15 Gns.
- Exhibition history (14)
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New English Art Club Summer exhibition (1917), Suffolk Street Gallery, Summer 1917 -.
New English Art Club Winter exhibition (1918), Suffolk Street Gallery, Winter 1918 -.
Exhibition of paintings, prints and pottery: Macpherson and Reynell, Preece's Gallery of Australian Art, 15 Sep 1919–30 Sep 1919.
Forty-first Annual Exhibition of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales (1920), Exhibition Gallery Department of Public Instruction, Aug 1920 -.
Fifty years of Australian art, 1879-1929 by members of Royal Art Society, with a commentary by George Galway, Blaxland Gallery, 25 Nov 1929–07 Dec 1929.
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
Margaret Preston and William Dobell loan exhibition (1942), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Mar 1942–16 Apr 1942.
Exhibition of Australian women painters, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 1946–18 Aug 1946.
Margaret Preston survey (Nine paintings and thirteen prints by Margaret Preston), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Jun 1959–16 Sep 1959.
Floral Art Festival: 'Flowers in art', Sydney Town Hall, 24 Mar 1960–26 Mar 1960.
Margaret Preston (1964), Newcastle City Art Gallery, 04 Apr 1964–30 Apr 1964.
Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Margaret Preston in Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, 07 Sep 2002–13 Oct 2002.
