Howard Ashton
(England, Australia 09 Aug 1877–30 Apr 1964)
- Title
- Mountain steeps
- Other titles:
- Blue Mountain Steepes
- Year
- 1926
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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91.5 x 122.0cm stretcher; 109.2 x 139.6 x 7.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, red oil "HOWARD ASHTON/ 1926".
- Credit
- Gift of R.R. Dangar 1927
- Accession number
- 864
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (6)
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Paula Dredge (Author), Margaret Sawicki (Australia) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Lindsay Parker (Australia, b.1939, d.2003) (Author), S.A. Parker Framing Works, Domain, 2004, 33 (illus.).
Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xi, (illus.). plate no. 30
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 15. cat.no. 11
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. not paginated, cat.no. 143 [Gallery No.2]
Queensland Art Fund (Australia), Exhibition of pictures from Southern States, Brisbane, 1930. cat.no. 4; loaned by Trustees New South Wales Art Gallery
Art in Australia [series 3, no. 18] 01 Dec 1926, 01 Dec 1926, frontispiece (colour illus.). titled 'Blue Moutain Steepes'; the caption for this reproduction indicates that the work was shown in the annual exhibition of the Society of Artists in 1926, however, the work is not listed in that catalogue
- Exhibition history (5)
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Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1925), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 11 Sep 1925–03 Oct 1925.
Exhibition of pictures from Southern States, National Art Gallery, 22 Jul 1930–16 Aug 1930.
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.
Picturing the Great Divide: Historic and contemporary visions from Australia's Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery, 10 Nov 2012–03 Feb 2013.
