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Bertram Mackennal
(Australia, England, France 12 Jun 1863–10 Oct 1931)
- Title
- The dawn of a new age
- Other titles:
- Dawn of a new age
- Year
- 1924
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze
- Dimensions
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75.5 x 33.0 x 45.0cm figure (incl. base - one piece); 33.0 x 45.0cm oval base (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated on base below standing figure's right foot, incised "B.MacKennal/ 1924".
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs DV Ritchie 1951
- Accession number
- 8571
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (17)
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Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Sydney, 2007, 11, 79, 80 (colour illus.),118, 119 (colour illus., detail).
Bertram Mackennal: Catalogue raisonné 2007, 2007, (colour illus.). Artworks: Sculptures: 1920s
Robin Rhona Tranter (Australia, b.1934) (Author), Bertram Mackennal: A career, Cremorne, 2004, 155, 156.
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Domain, 1987, (illus.). no catalogue numbers; not paginated
Susan Beattie (active 1980; 1998) (Author), The New Sculpture, London, 1983, 234 (illus.).
Luke Herrmann (England) (Author), Royal Academy diploma works, 1921-1981: A selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture from the diploma collections of the Royal Academy of Arts, Leicester, 1982. cat.no. 59
Noel Hutchinson (b.1940) (Author), Early Australian sculpture, from its beginnings up to circa 1920, Ballarat, 1977. cat.no. 22
Lawsons, Sydney: 10-11 April 1951, Sydney, 1951. lot 157
Lawsons: 24 July 1951, Sydney, 1951. lot no. 245; titled 'Bronze group of two figures'
Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), Royal Academy of Arts commemorative exhibition of works by late members: winter exhibition, fifty-second year 1933., London, 1933. cat.no. 180
Sydney mail 10 Feb 1926, 10 Feb 1926, 29 (illus.).
Macquarie Galleries (Australia, estab. 1925, closed 1993) (Author), Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Sydney, 1926. cat.no. 4; priced 200 gns
'The artworld' by William Moore., Daily telegraph 12 Jun 1925, 12 Jun 1925.
Art in Australia [series 3, no. 11] Mar 1925, Mar 1925, 27 (illus.).
Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), The Royal Academy illustrated, 1925, London, 1925. cat.no. 1417; NOTE: Diploma work RA bronze
Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), The Royal Academy illustrated, 1924, London, 1924, 84 (illus.). NOTE: the illustration is a plaster sketch of artwork.
Royal Academy summer exhibition (1924), London, 1924. cat.no. 1442; probably plaster
- Exhibition history (12)
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (1924), Royal Academy of Arts, 1924–1924.
Royal Academy of Arts, 1925, Royal Academy of Arts, 1925–1925.
Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Macquarie Galleries, 07 Oct 1926–20 Oct 1926.
Commemorative exhibition of works by late members, winter exhibition, 1933, Royal Academy of Arts, 07 Jan 1933–11 Mar 1933.
Early Australian Sculpture, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1976–15 Mar 1977.
Early Australian scupture: from its beginnings up to circa 1920, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 15 Mar 1977.
Royal Academy diploma works 1921-1981 (1982), Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, 24 Apr 1982–27 Jun 1982.
The New Sculpture (1983), Fine Art Society (London), 15 Sep 1983–14 Oct 1983.
Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1989.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 2007–04 Nov 2007.
Bertram Mackennal, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 30 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008.
