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Will Ashton

(Australia 1881–1963)

Title
Canal Labia, and Ponte a Fianco II, Venice, Italy
Other titles:
Canal Labia, Venice
Place of origin
VeniceItaly
Year
(circa 1925)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

60.7 x 45.5cm stretcher; 80.8 x 65.1 x 7.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "WILL ASHTON". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1925
Accession number
699
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Peter Perry (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Rebecca Andrews (Australia, b.1977) (Curator), Venezia Australis: Australian artists in Venice 1900-2000, Castlemaine, 2005, 37, 43 (colour illus.). cat.no. 3

Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 23. cat.no. 37

Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), One hundred years of Australian art, Sydney, circa 1945. cat.no. 26

Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery (Australia), Catalogue of an exhibition of oil paintings by Will Ashton painted on his recent tour in Europe, Sydney, 1925, (illus.). cat.no. 6; titled 'Canal Labia, and Ponte a Fianco II, Venice, Italy'; 75 gns.

Exhibition history (6)

One hundred years of Australian art, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1945–1946.

La Serenissima: the fascination of Venice, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 08 Aug 2003–21 Sep 2003.

Venezia Australis: Australian artists in Venice 1900-2000, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, 26 Mar 2005–01 May 2005.

Venezia Australis: Australian artists in Venice 1900-2000, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 17 May 2005–03 Jul 2005.

Venezia Australis: Australian artists in Venice 1900-2000, Carrick Hill, 03 Aug 2005–18 Sep 2005.

Venezia Australis: Australian artists in Venice 1900-2000, Geelong Art Gallery, 01 Oct 2005–20 Nov 2005.