William Dobell
(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)
- Title
- Souvenir
- Place of origin
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Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1943
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
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20.1 x 25.1cm board (irreg.); 32.0 x 37.1 x 3.8cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, white oil "W Dobell. 43".
- Credit
- Gift from the Instone Collection in memory of Roland Instone 1972
- Accession number
- 84.1972
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (6)
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Elizabeth Donaldson (Australia) (Author), Robert Donaldson (Author), William Dobell: his life, art and home, New South Wales, 2011, 28, 34 (colour illus.), 137.
Elizabeth Donaldson (Australia) (Author), William Dobell: an artist's life, New South Wales, 2010, 61, 62 (colour illus.), 201 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Prue Davidson (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), William Dobell - the painter's progress, Sydney, 1997, 73, 74, 77 (colour illus), 78, 144. cat.no. 25a
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), The drawings of William Dobell in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992, 46, 47 (colour illus.), 63. figure no. 67
'Hunt for "borrower" as Dobell work is recovered' by Yvonne Preston, pg. 3., The Sydney Morning Herald 28 Aug 1984, 28 Aug 1984, 3 (illus.). Article about the theft and recovery of the painting from the Gallery in August 1984.
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 18; titled 'The souvenir'; Lent from the collection of late R Instone, Esq., Sydney; not paginated
- Exhibition history (10)
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Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1943), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 14 Aug 1943–01 Sep 1943.
The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959.
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997.
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Kings Cross - Bohemian Sydney, Elizabeth Bay House, 31 May 2003–21 Sep 2003.
