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Ivon Hitchens

(England 03 Mar 1893–29 Aug 1979)

Title
Ornamental card-table and flowers
Year
1952
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

82.7 x 72.3cm stretcher; 110.5 x 100.0 x 8.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., black oil "Hitchens 52".
Credit
Purchased 1952
Accession number
8696
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

The Leicester Galleries (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Leicester Galleries 1952. Purchased from the exhibition 'An important exhibition of paintings from 1940-1952 by Ivon Hitchens' 6-28 June 1952

Bibliography (4)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 87 (illus.).

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 102. cat.no. 977

The Leicester Galleries (England) (Author), An exhibition of paintings from 1940-1952 by Ivon Hitchins, London, 1952. cat.no. 27

'A visit to Ivon Hitchens' by Dorothy and Douglas Dundas, pg. 74-5, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jul 1961, Jul 1961, 75 (illus.).

Exhibition history (2)

An important exhibition of paintings from 1940-1952 by Ivon Hitchens, The Leicester Galleries, 06 Jun 1952–28 Jun 1952.

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1952, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Mar 1953–24 May 1953.