James Doolin

(United States of America 1932–22 Jul 2002)

Title

Artificial landscape 68-1

Year

1968

Media category

Painting

Materials used

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Dimensions

166.7 x 132.4 x 6.8cm stretcher

Signature & date

Signed and dated u.l. verso canvas, black fibre-tipped pen "JAMES DOOLIN/ 1968/..." Signed and dated u.l. verso on stretcher, black fibre-tipped pen "JAMES DOOLIN 1968...".

Credit

Gift of Chandler Coventry 1972

Accession number

8.1972

Copyright

Location

Not on display

Provenance (1)

Chandler Coventry (Australia, b.1925, d.1999), Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Gifted by Chandler Coventry to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1972. Trustees Minutes 24th March1972, pg.4: "Gift offered by Mr Chandler Coventry, a painting by James Doolin, 'Artificial Landscape 68-1' 1968. Value $1,000."

Bibliography (11)

'Hard work: A new show reminds us of the limitations of colour-field abstraction' by Christopher Allen, pg. 12-13., The Weekend Australian 17 Oct 2009-18 Oct 2009, 17 Oct 2009-18 Oct 2009. Focus room exhibition review.

'Tackling The Field' by Natalie Wilson, pg. 1-29., Tackling THE FIELD 2009, 2009, 3 (illus.), 8, 13 (colour illus.), 14. NOTE: This work features in a black and white installation photograph of the NGV 'The Field' exhibition located on page 3.

'Central Street Live: a 'swinging sixties' phenomenon' by Eric Riddler, pg. 48-49., Art and Australia (Vol. 41, No. 1) Sep 2003-Nov 2003, Sep 2003-Nov 2003, 48 (colour illus.). Review of the exhibition 'Central Street Live', held at Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest, and Macquarie University Art Gallery, 2002-2003.

Elin Howe (Australia) (Author), Rhonda Davis (Australia) (Curator), Central Street live, Sydney, 2002, 36. no catalogue numbers; General reference to series of 'Artificial landscape' paintings.

Gary Catalano (Australia, b.1947, d.2002) (Author), The years of hope: Australian art and criticism 1959-1968, Melbourne, 1981, 179. General reference to series of 'Artificial landscape' paintings.

'Five migrant artists in Australia', Aspect: Art and Literature [vol 5, no. 1-2] 1980, 1980, 23-25. General reference to series of 'Artificial landscape' paintings.

James Doolin (United States of America, b.1932, d.2002) (Author), James Doolin Shopping Mall 1973-77: a conceptual perspective, Melbourne, 1978. General reference to series of 'Artificial landscape' paintings.

James Doolin (United States of America, b.1932, d.2002) (Author), James Doolin: 'Artifical Landscape' paintings, Sydney, 1970. General reference to series of 'Artificial landscape' paintings.

Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Present day art in Australia, Sydney, 1969, 60 (colour illus.).

'The significance of The Field' by Patrick McCaughey., Art and Australia Dec 1968, Dec 1968, 240 (colour illus.), 242.

Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997) (Author), Royston Harpur (Australia, b.1938) (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), The field, Melbourne, 1968, 21 (colour illus.), 85, 89, 93. cat.no. 20; General references to Doolin's work in the exhibition.

Exhibition history (5)

The field, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 21 Aug 1968–28 Sep 1968.

The field, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Oct 1968–24 Nov 1968.

Central Street Live, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, 16 Nov 2002–23 Feb 2003.

Central Street Live, Macquarie University Art Gallery, 07 Mar 2003–05 May 2003.

Australian Collection Focus: Tackling THE FIELD, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Sep 2009–29 Nov 2009.