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An image of The big plunge by Robert Dickerson

Robert Dickerson

(Australia 28 Mar 1924– )

Title
The big plunge
Year
1957
Media category
Painting
Materials used
synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
Dimensions

182.8 x 121.9cm board; 200.8 x 141.0 x 3.0cm frame:

0 - Whole; 180 x 121cm

Signature & date
Signed l.l., pencil "Dickerson". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1957
Accession number
9358
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Jennifer Dickerson, Robert Dickerson, Against The Tide, Sydney, 1994, 46, 57.

Jill Sykes (Editor), Look Mar 2004, Newtown, Mar 2004, 6 (colour illus.).

Author Unknown, The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia 1962, 'Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary', Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 110

Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily Mirror 25 Jul 1957, Sydney, 25 Jul 1957.

Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin 17 Jul 1957, Sydney, 17 Jul 1957.

Exhibition history (3)

Dickerson, Coburn, Gleghorn, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 10 Jul 1957–19 Jul 1957

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1957, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Feb 1958–16 Mar 1958

Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63):