John Passmore
(Australia 04 Feb 1904–09 Oct 1984)
- Title
- Poppies, fruit and skull
- Year
- 1953
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil and charcoal on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
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45.7 x 61.0cm board; 55.6 x 70.7 x 6.3cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, purple oil "J P". Not dated. Signed c. verso on brown paper, pen and black ink "John Passmore".
- Credit
- Purchased 1953
- Accession number
- 8980
- Copyright
- © John Passmore Museum of Art
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (6)
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Grahame Kime (Australia) (Author), Flora: still life moving fast, Gymea, 2008, (colour illus.). not paginated
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, 62 (illus.).
Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Curator), Australian painters; Seeing Cézanne, Sydney, 1998, 30. cat.no. 26
Christine France (Australia) (Author), New Directions 1952-1962, Sydney, 1991, 41. cat.no. 13
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), John Passmore 1904-84, Sydney, 1984, 59 (colour illus.). cat.no. 32
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Contemporary Australian painting, Auckland, 1957, 13. cat.no. 26
- Exhibition history (9)
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Contemporary Australian painting (1957), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Feb 1957–Mar 1957.
Maitland Local Centenary Art Exhibition: Paintings by artists from the Hunter Valley Region (1963), Maitland Town Hall, 23 Sep 1963–27 Sep 1963.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Dec 1984–10 Feb 1985.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 27 Feb 1985–07 Apr 1985.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 12 Jul 1985–18 Aug 1985.
New Directions 1952-1962, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, 08 Feb 1991–24 Mar 1991.
Australian Painters Seeing Cézanne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 28 Nov 1998–17 Jan 1999.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Flora: still life moving fast, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 06 Dec 2008–01 Feb 2009.
