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John Maxwell

(Scotland 1905–1962)

Title
Roosting birds
Year
1957
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

91.5 x 50.8cm stretcher; 116.0 x 75.5 x 9.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., black paint "John Maxwell 1957".
Credit
Purchased 1957-1958
Accession number
9457
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Royal Scottish Academy (Scotland), Edinburgh/Scotland, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Royal Scottish Academy 1958

Bibliography (4)

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 129. cat.no. 1426

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 126 (illus.).

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). no catalogue numbers

Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Committee (Scotland), National Gallery of Scotland (Scotland), John Maxwell, 1905-1962: an exhibition and catalogue of his work, Scotland, 1963, 173 (illus.). pl. 35, not exhibited

Exhibition history (3)

Royal Scottish Academy, 1957, Royal Scottish Academy, Apr 1957–Apr 1957.

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1958, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Feb 1959–08 Mar 1959.

Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981.