Collection
Margaret Preston
(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)
- Title
- The snail
- Year
- (1949)
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour stencil, gouache on thin black card
- Edition
- from an edition of 3
- Dimensions
-
30.0 x 21.3cm image; 31.3 x 25.5cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. within image, black gouache "M.P.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1949
- Accession number
- 8321
- Copyright
- © Margaret Rose Preston Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (4)
-
Elizabeth Butel, Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 70 (colour illus.), 92. cat.no. P.60
Roger Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 303 (colour illus.). cat.no. 360
Roger Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 278 (colour illus.). cat.no. 360
New South Wales Society of Artists, Society of Artists Annual Exhibition 1949, Sydney, 1949, (illus.). Advertisement for Grosvenor Galleries.
- Exhibition history (4)
-
Gouache stencils by Margaret Preston, Grosvenor Gallery, Sydney, Sep 1949 -
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1949, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Dec 1949–17 Feb 1950
Australian Print Survey:
- National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Oct 1963–Nov 1963
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 10 Jun 1964–28 Jun 1964
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle Jul 1964 -
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane Aug 1964–Sep 1964
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Sep 1964–Oct 1964
- National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne Nov 1964–Dec 1964
Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986
