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An image of The bridge by Roland Wakelin

Roland Wakelin

(Australia 1887–1971)

Title
The bridge
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
1958
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

71.1 x 91.5cm board; 82.6 x 103.0 x 3.7cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "R. Wakelin/ 58".
Credit
Purchased 1958
Accession number
9669
Copyright
© Roland Wakelin Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Gavin Wilson (Australia) (Author), Harbourlife, Sydney, 2007, 56, 8, 12 (colour illus.).

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 58, 59 (colour illus.), 146, 147.

S.H. Ervin Gallery (Australia) (Author), Observing Sydney: views of and from Observatory Hill, Sydney, 1993, 8 (colour illus.).

Brian Ladd (Australia) (Author), Alan Krell (Author), The Artist & the City, Domain, 1983, 13, 15 (illus.). cat.no. 26

Douglas Dundas (Australia, b.1900, d.1981) (Author), Roland Wakelin retrospective, Sydney, 1967, 19. cat.no. 81

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1958 National Art Gallery of N.S.W. 1958, 1958, 16. cat.no. 30

Exhibition history (16)

Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1958), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 14 Aug 1958–29 Aug 1958.

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

Roland Wakelin retrospective (1967), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Apr 1967–30 Apr 1967.

Roland Wakelin retrospective (1967), Newcastle City Art Gallery, 10 May 1967–13 May 1967.

The Artist and the City, Art Museum Armidale, 01 Nov 1983–04 Nov 1983.

The Artist and the City, Tamworth City Gallery, 08 Nov 1983–11 Nov 1983.

The Artist and the City, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 15 Nov 1983–20 Nov 1983.

The Artist and the City, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Nov 1983–18 Dec 1983.

Observing Sydney - Views of and from Observatory Hill, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 07 May 1993–13 Jun 1993.

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.

Sydney studios, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 14 Aug 2004–26 Sep 2004.

Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour from the 1940s to recent times, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 30 Nov 2007–13 Jan 2008.

Harbourlife: Sydney Harbour from the 1940s to recent times, Macquarie University Art Gallery, 23 Jan 2008–08 Mar 2008.

Australian Modernists: Their responses to the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 10 Feb 2011–25 Mar 2011.

Henri Mallard: Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 10 Feb 2011–26 Mar 2011.

An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection, Orange Regional Gallery, 27 Aug 2011–30 Oct 2011.