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An image of Flowers and salmon gum trees of the Northern Territory by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)

Title
Flowers and salmon gum trees of the Northern Territory
Other titles:
Flowers and salmon gums of the Northern Territory
Flowers and salmon gum trees, N.T.
Year
1948
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

53.3 x 43.2cm stretcher; 68.7 x 58.6 x 7.6cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, pencil "M. Preston/ 1948".
Credit
Purchased 1953
Accession number
8733
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Margaret Preston: Catalogue raisonné of paintings, monotypes and ceramics 2005, 2005, (colour illus.). Artworks: paintings 1948.

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 86 (colour illus.). cat.no. O.19

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 51 (illus.). cat.no. O.43

Glenbrook School of Arts (Author), Third Annual Australian Arts and crafts exhibition (1964), Blue Mountains, 1964. no catalogue numbers

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Margaret Preston survey (Nine paintings and thirteen prints by Margaret Preston), Sydney, 1959. not paginated

New South Wales Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1960s) (Author), Society of Artists annual exhibition 1948, Sydney, 1948. cat.no. 80; not paginated

Exhibition history (5)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1948), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 21 Aug 1948–08 Sep 1948.

Margaret Preston survey (Nine paintings and thirteen prints by Margaret Preston), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Jun 1959–16 Sep 1959.

Lower Blue Mountains Fitness Committee Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 17 Apr 1964–18 Apr 1964.

Third Annual Australian Arts and crafts exhibition (1964), Glenbrook School of Arts, 17 Apr 1964–18 Apr 1964.

The art of Margaret Preston, Art Gallery of South Australia, 23 May 1980–22 Jul 1980.