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An image of Harbour foreshore by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
Harbour foreshore
Other titles:
Sydney foreshore
Year
1925
Media category
Print
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured with gouache on thin cream laid tissue
Edition
5th proof from an edition of 50, hand coloured
Dimensions

24.7 x 18.7cm blockmark; 28.3 x 21.2cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed in block to print l.l., incised "PM" [in reverse]. Signed l.r., pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Mrs Alison Brown 1968
Accession number
DA17.1968
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (7)

AJIOKA Chiaki (Japan) (Author), Connie Tornatore-Loong (Australia) (Author), Japan in Sydney: Professor Sadler & modernism, 1920-30s, Sydney, 2011, 26, 27 (colour illus.), 137. cat.no. 33

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 115 (colour illus.). cat.no. 79

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 83 (colour illus.).

The Brett Whiteley Studio (Australia, estab. 1994) (Editor), Big blue: the painted harbour (list of works), Sydney, 1997.

Kay Vernon (Author), Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 101

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 102, 103 (colour illus.). cat.no. 79

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 87. cat.no. P.13 note that this print is referred to as "Sydney foreshore" in this publication.

Exhibition history (6)

Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986.

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

Big Blue - the painted harbour (1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Jun 1997–29 Mar 1998.

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.

Professor Sadler, Japan and Australian modernism, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, 03 Apr 2011–24 Jul 2011.