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An image of At the start of the march 1932 by Noel Counihan

Noel Counihan

(Australia 04 Oct 1913–05 Jul 1986)

Title
At the start of the march 1932
Year
1944
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

66.9 x 59.2cm board; 88.5 x 80.6 x 4.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, red/orange oil "Counihan 44".
Credit
Purchased 1944
Accession number
7409
Copyright
© Estate of Noel Counihan
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (30)

John Slater, Through artists' eyes: Australian suburbs and their cities 1919-1945, 'The end of certainty: victims and poverty', pg. 137-156, Melbourne, 2004, xiii, 137, 139 (colour illus.), 140, 153. illus.no. 117

Donald Williams, In our own image: the story of Australian art 2002, Sydney, 2002, 124 (colour illus.).

Mark Anderson and Paul Ashton, Australian history and citizenship 2000, 'Australia between the wars', pg. 104-147, South Yarra, 2000, 117 (colour illus.). source 3.17; NSW Secondary School History syllabus

John McDonald, Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001 2000, Canberra, 2000, 116 (colour illus.), 256.

Natalie Wilson, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Out of Melbourne: realisms and mythologies', pg. 163-164, Domain, 2000, 164, 170 (colour illus.), 300.

Michael Cannon, The human face of the Great Depression 1997, 'How to manufacture Communists', pg. 171-182, Mornington, 1997, front cover (colour illus.), 182, back cover.

Helen Hughs, Achieving Full Employment, South Yarra, 1994, cover (illus.).

Ewen McDonald (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 56, 57 (colour illus.).

Bernard William Smith, Noel Counihan: Artist and revolutionary, Melbourne, 1993, 187-88, 504-05.

Joanna Mendelssohn., The Bulletin with Newsweek 09 Jul 1991, 'Work as art', Sydney, 09 Jul 1991, page unknown. Review of the exhibition 'Noel Counihan: Images of Working Life 1933-1986' touring 1991-1992.

Bernard Smith, Noel Counihan: Images of working life 1991, 'Noel Counihan and the painting of manual labour', pg. 7-15, Broken Hill, 1991, 9, 10 (colour illus.), 46. cat.no. 6

Mary Eagle, Australian Modern Painting Between the Wars 1914-1939, 'The Depression', pg. 126-137, Sydney, 1989, 137.

Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, 'Australian', pg. 13-35, Domain, 1988, 24.

Janet McKenzie, Noel Counihan, Kenthurst, 1986, 11-12, 14 (colour illus.).

Charles Merewether, Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams 1931-1948 1984, Sydney, 1984, 34, 45, 91, 153 (illus.). cat.no. 78

Richard Haese, Modern Australian Art, 'Communism and culture, left-wing art in Melbourne and Sydney, 1942-46', chapter 6, New York, 1982, 166 (colour illus.), 167.

Barry Pearce, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981 1981, 'Australian Art', pg. 5-26, Sydney, 1981, 6.

Tony Lenten, City art, 'Poverty and the city', Victoria, 1978, 21 (illus.), 101 (colour illus.).

Max Dimmack, Noel Counihan, Melbourne, 1974, 74 (illus.).

William Splatt and Barbara Burton, 100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 140, 141 (colour illus.). plate no. 67

Noel Counihan, Noel Counihan: paintings drawings prints 1943 to 1973 1973, Melbourne, 1973, 7, 10 (illus.). cat.no. 1

Brian Finemore, Painting, 'Introduction', pg. 4-5, London, 1961, 5, 28 (illus.).

Laurence Thomas., Contemporary Australian painters 1957, 'Foreword', Ottawa, 1957, (illus.). cat.no. 16; illus.no. 7

Professor Joseph Burke, The Sydney Morning Herald 04 Feb 1954, 'Art in Australia', pg. 10, Sydney, 04 Feb 1954, 10.

Laurie Thomas (Editor), Jubilee exhibition of Australian art 1951, Sydney, 1951, 43. cat.no. 125

Sydney Ure Smith (Editor), Present day art in Australia, Sydney, 1949, 59 (illus.).

Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin 12 Jul 1944, Sydney, 12 Jul 1944. Review of Sixth Annual CAS exhibition.

Colin Simpson., Sun 02 Jul 1944, 'Art's Angry Penguins on show', Sydney, 02 Jul 1944, unknown. Review of CAS exhibition.

Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald 29 Jun 1944, 'Contemporary artists "insulted"', Sydney, 29 Jun 1944, 4. Review of CAS exhibition.

Hal Missingham, Contemporary Australian painting from the National Collection circa 1946, Sydney, circa 1946, 12. cat.no. 24; titled 'The start of the march'

Exhibition history (9)

Contemporary Art Society Sixth Annual Exhibition (1944), Vickery's Galleries, Sydney, 26 Jun 1944–14 Jul 1944

Contemporary Australian painting from the National collection, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1946–1950

Exhibition of paintings by the Studio of Realist Art (1946), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 11 Oct 1946–26 Oct 1946

Jubilee exhibition of Australian art:

A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957):

Art and social commitment: an end to the city of dreams:

Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, National Gallery of Australia, Australia, 08 Dec 2000–11 Feb 2001

Scarred and Strengthened: Australians in the Great Depression, Old Parliament House, Parkes, 17 May 2007–24 Feb 2008