Brett Whiteley
(Australia, England 07 Apr 1939–15 Jun 1992)
- Title
- The pink heron
- Other titles:
- The pink bird (Fiji)
Pink bird - Place of origin
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Fiji
- Year
- 1969
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
- Dimensions
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137.4 x 122.0cm board
- Credit
- Gift of Patrick White 1979
- Accession number
- 8.1979
- Copyright
- © Wendy Whiteley
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (6)
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Art & Australia Summer 2012, Summer 2012, 232 (colour illus.). advertisement for the exhibition 'Brett Whiteley: on the water'
Helen Verity Hewitt (Australia) (Author), Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, Carlton, 2002, following 48 (colour illus.), 92, 94, 98, 116, 155.
'Patrick White: painter manqué' by Helen Hewitt, pg. 61-70., Voices Winter 1997, Winter 1997, 67-68.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian Artists, Australian Birds, North Ryde, 1989, 145 (colour illus.). plate no. 126
Patrick White (England; Australia, b.1912, d.1990) (Author), Patrick White's Choice, Sydney, Dec 1981. cat.no. 13
Sandra McGrath (United States of America; Australia) (Author), Brett Whiteley, Kensington, 1979, 96 (colour illus.). NOTE: pg. 94 (illus.) photograph of the interior of the artist's studio shows a similar if not the same work in an incomplete state.
- Exhibition history (4)
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Patrick White's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Dec 1981–31 Jan 1982.
Brett Whiteley - the genius (1999-2000), Moree Plains Gallery, 27 Nov 1999–28 Jan 2000.
Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, 09 Jul 2011–08 Jul 2012.
Whiteley on Water, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 17 Nov 2012–27 Jan 2013.
