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An image of Aboriginal glyph by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
Aboriginal glyph
Year
(circa 1958)
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour stencil, gouache with gouache hand colouring on thin black card
Edition
Unknown edition
Dimensions

34.3 x 28.5cm sheet (irreg.)

Signature & date
Signed l.l. within image, black ball-point pen "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the artist 1960
Accession number
DA2.1960
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (9)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 324 (colour illus.). cat.no. 391

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 247, 248 (colour illus.).

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Sydney, 1994.

Nick Waterlow (Australia) (Director), The 1988 Australian Biennale: From the Southern Cross: a view of world art c1940-1988, Sydney, 1988, 281.

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 292 (colour illus.). cat.no. 391

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 93. cat.no. P.71

Art and Artists of Australia 1981, 1981, colour illus..

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 58 (illus.). cat.no. P.43

Dennis Colsey (Australia) (Author), Hand and eye - a survey of artists materials and techniques: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970, Sydney, 1969, (illus.). cat.no. 54 (a)

Exhibition history (8)

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.

Hand and eye - a survey of artists' materials and techniques: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970, Various venues, 1970–1970.

Australian Biennale 1988: From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c1940-1988, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 May 1988–03 Jul 1988.

Australian Biennale 1988: From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c1940-1988, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 04 Aug 1988–18 Sep 1988.

Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Jul 1994–25 Sep 1994.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

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

Margaret Preston retrospective, Queensland Art Gallery, 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006.