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An image of Coolie by Ian Fairweather

Ian Fairweather

(Scotland, Australia 29 Sep 1891–20 May 1974)

Title
Coolie
Other titles:
(Figure in a hat)
Figure in a Hat
Year
(1955)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
gouache on cardboard
Dimensions

53.0 x 38.6cm board (irreg.); 62.3 x 48.3 x 4.8cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, pale blue gouache "IF". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1956
Accession number
9188
Copyright
© Ian Fairweather/DACS. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Murray Bail (Australia, b.1941) (Author), Ian Fairweather, Sydney, 2009, 91 (colour illus.), 253. plate no. 67; Note that this publication refers to this work by the title "Figure in a Hat".

Murray Bail (Australia, b.1941) (Author), Mary Eagle (Australia, b.1944) (Author), Drusilla Modjeska (Author), Martin Armiger (Author), Joanna Capon (Australia) (Author), Pierre Ryckmans (Author), Fairweather, Australia, 1994, 94 (colour illus.), 142. plate no. 22; Note that this publication refers to this work by the title "Figure in a hat".

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 13

'Ian Fairweather' p140-143, Australian Art Review 1982, 1982, 143 (illus.).

Queensland Art Gallery (Australia, estab. 1895) (Curator), Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition, South Brisbane, Jun 1965. cat.no. 33; not paginated; this publication refers to this print by the title "Figure in hat".

Clive Turnbull (Author), Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 43. cat.no. 107; This publication refers to this work as "Figure in hat".

Exhibition history (12)

Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.

Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962.

Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Tate Britain, 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Queensland Art Gallery, 03 Jun 1965–04 Jul 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Jul 1965–22 Aug 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 09 Sep 1965–10 Oct 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), National Gallery of South Australia, 26 Oct 1965–21 Nov 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Western Australian Art Gallery, 09 Dec 1965–16 Jan 1966.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 10 Feb 1966–13 Mar 1966.

Fairweather (1994), Queensland Art Gallery, 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994.

Fairweather (1994), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 17 Dec 1994–19 Feb 1995.

Fairweather (1994), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1995–07 May 1995.