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An image of Mosman Bridge by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

(Australia, England, France 29 Apr 1875–28 May 1963)

Title
Mosman Bridge
Year
(circa 1927)
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured in gouache on thin cream laid paper
Edition
from an edition of 125?, hand coloured)
Dimensions

25.2 x 18.7cm blockmark; 31.4 x 24.7cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.r., incised "MP". Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Bequest of Margaret Preston via WG Preston 1986
Accession number
9946
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (13)

'Colour, rhythm and design: Wood and lino cuts from a time of great creative vitality' by Helen Campbell, pg. 13-15., Look Feb 2010, Feb 2010, 13 (colour illus.), 14.

Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Colour, rhythm, design: wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Sydney, 2010, 7 (colour illus.).

Niagara Galleries (Australia) (Author), Blue Chip XI: The collector's exhibition, Melbourne, 2009, 41 (colour illus.). 19th proof

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney (Australia), Lawson-Menzies (Australia), Deutscher-Menzies & Lawson-Menzies, Sydney: Fine art auction - 10 December 2008, Sydney, 2008, 23 (colour illus.). lot 7; not editioned; Private collection, Melbourne

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 63, 137 (colour illus.). cat.no. 113

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 82 (colour illus.), 260.

Katrina Cashman (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston in Mosman, Mosman, 2002, (colour illus.). not paginated; no catalogue numbers

Kay Vernon (Author), Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 92

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 127 (colour illus.). cat.no. 113

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 29, 87. cat.no. P.14

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 7, 36 (illus.), 53 (illus.). cat.no. P.13

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), A survey of Australian relief prints 1900/1950, Armadale, 1978, 21 (illus.).

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Australian woodcuts and linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s, South Melbourne, 1976, 35 (colour illus.). titled 'Mosman Bridge (large) N.S.W. c. 1926'

Exhibition history (4)

Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990.

Margaret Preston in Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, 07 Sep 2002–13 Oct 2002.

Margaret Preston retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005.

Australian Collection Focus: Colour, Rhythm, Design - wood & lino cuts of the 20s & 30s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Mar 2010–11 Jul 2010.