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Details
- Date
- (circa 1935)
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 31.3 x 41.9 cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, black ink "JAMES COOK". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1943
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 7394
- Copyright
- © Reproduced with permission
- Artist information
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James Cook
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About
This watercolour dates from Cook's visit to Spain in the 1930s, when he spent most of his time in Catalonia – visiting Lerida, Girona and the Costa Brava. In a catalogue tribute following the artist's death, a former student recalled his particular love of that country. Cook was curator at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 1950–52 and art critic on Sydney's Daily Telegraph from 1954–58; but spent many years devoted to teaching at East Sydney Technical College (the National Art School) during the 1940s and 50s.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Red Cross Coin Catchers Exhibition, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , Nov 1943–Nov 1943
Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1996–1996
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 1996–1996
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 68 (colour illus.), 121. cat.no. 57
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Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Sydney, 1946, 11. cat.no. 37
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