Hans Heysen

(Germany, Australia, France 08 Oct 1877–02 Jul 1968)

Title

The Three Sisters, Aroona

Year

1940

Media category

Drawing

Materials used

charcoal and wash, blue and yellow watercolour, sanguine on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

40.7 x 63.2cm sheet

Signature & date

Signed and dated l.l., "HANS HEYSEN 1940".

Credit

Purchased 1943

Accession number

7368

Copyright

Location

Not on display

Bibliography (6)

Art Gallery of New South Wales, (Hans Heysen Drawings) 1943, Sydney, 1943. cat.no. 1; Entry as "ink wash over charcoal 24x15, 1940"

Lou Klepac, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection 2002, 'Hans Heysen / Elioth Gruner / Horace Trenerry', pg. 32-47, Domain, 2002, 36 (colour illus.), 143, 147.

Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection 1997, Domain, 1997, 36, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 22

Barry Pearce, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Earth, sky and paint', pg. 149-150, Domain, 2000, 154 (colour illus.), 300.

Jill Skyes, Look May 2009, 'Heysen celebrates austerity landscapes', pg. 19, Newtown, May 2009, 19 (colour illus.).

Bernard William Smith, Untitled . Manuscript catalogue of the collection. Entry as "charcoal and wash".

Exhibition history (2)

Hans Heysen Drawings (1943), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Aug 1943–31 Aug 1943

Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998

Collection