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An image of (Noah's Ark) by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
(Noah's Ark)
Year
(circa 1950)
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour stencil, gouache on thin black card with gouache hand colouring
Edition
Unknown edition, hand coloured
Dimensions

46.0 x 54.0cm image; 51.0 x 62.8cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner within image, pencil "M.PRESTON". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Mr W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1963
Accession number
DA54.1963
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (8)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 307 (colour illus.). cat.no. 365

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 236, 239 (colour illus.), 240.

Author Unknown (Author), The Oxford Book of Australian Religious Verse, 1994, cover (illus.).

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 64

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 281 (colour illus.). cat.no. 365

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 68 (colour illus.), 92. cat.no. P.64

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 57 (illus.). cat.no. P.40

Jane de Teliga (Australia) (Author), Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 8.

Exhibition history (9)

Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980.

The art of Margaret Preston, Art Gallery of South Australia, 23 May 1980–22 Jul 1980.

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

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Sep 1992–05 Oct 1992.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 18 Dec 1992–24 Jan 1993.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 01 May 1993–30 May 1993.

Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Grafton Regional Gallery, 11 Jun 1993–01 Aug 1993.

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.