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An image of The eagle and the baobab trees by Clifton Pugh

Clifton Pugh

(Australia 17 Dec 1924–14 Oct 1990)

Title
The eagle and the baobab trees
Other titles:
The eagle and the baobab tree
Year
1957
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

66.0 x 88.9cm board; 80.7 x 103.0 x 4.4cm frame:

0 - Whole; 67.1 x 89.5cm; SIGHT DIMENSION

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, black oil "Clifton/ 57".
Credit
Purchased 1957
Accession number
9400
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

William Splatt (Author), Barbara Burton (Author), 100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 184, 185 (colour illus.). plate no. 89

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian Artists, Australian Birds, North Ryde, 1989, 119 (colour illus.). plate no. 100

Traudi Allen (Author), Clifton Pugh: patterns of a lifetime, Melbourne, 1981, 50, 51 (illus.). plate no. 15

In our own image: the story of Australian art 1995, 1995, 151 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (2)

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

Onsight - The Expressive Image, Various venues, 12 May 1987–13 May 1988.