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Details
- Date
- 1945
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 25.1 cm board; 39.2 x 44.1 x 3.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, incised and black ink "d Strachan XLV".
- Credit
- Purchased 1945
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 7536
- Copyright
- © Estate of David Strachan
- Artist information
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David Strachan
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Twentieth annual exhibition of the Contemporary Group (1945), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Jul 1945 -
Contemporary Australian painting from the National collection, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 1946–1950
David Strachan (1919-1970) Retrospective (1993), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 04 Feb 1993–14 Mar 1993
David Strachan (1919-1970) Retrospective (1993), Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 20 Mar 1993–18 Apr 1993
David Strachan (1919-1970) Retrospective (1993), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 04 May 1993–20 Jun 1993
David Strachan (1919-1970) Retrospective (1993), Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 23 Jul 1993–05 Sep 1993
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Bibliography
Referenced in 6 publications
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Felicity Fenner., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Strachan's deep, dark dream world', Sydney, 20 Feb 1993.
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Lou Klepac (Editor), David Strachan, Sydney, 1993, 15 (colour illus.), 124. plate no. 5
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Steven Miller, Dogs in Australian art, 'Clash of artistic dogmas', pg. 15-20, Kent Town, 2012, 16 (colour illus.).
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Denise Mimmocchi, Guide to the papers of David Edgar Strachan (1919-1970) in the Archive of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Poetry out of everyday life', pg. 1-3, Sydney, 2001, front and back cover (colour illus., detail), 36.
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Hal Missingham, Contemporary Australian painting from the National Collection, Sydney, circa 1946, 9. cat.no. 8
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Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 197.
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