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An image of The expulsion by Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston

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

Title
The expulsion
Year
1952
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour stencil, gouache on thin black card with gouache hand colouring
Edition
Unknown edition, hand coloured
Dimensions

60.5 x 48.5cm image; 64.0 x 51.0cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. within image, gouache "M. PRESTON/ 52".
Credit
Gift of Mr W.G. Preston the artist's widower 1967
Accession number
DA64.1967
Copyright
© Margaret Rose Preston Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (12)

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 34, 308, 309 (colour illus.). cat.no. 368

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Margaret Preston, Sydney, 2005, 236, 238 (colour illus.), 239, 240, 241.

Marcia Langton (Author), Holy Holy Holy, Adelaide, 2004, 52 (colour illus.), 53.

Melissa Keys (Australia) (Author), Brenda L Croft (Australia, b.1964) (Author), Heavenly creatures, Bulleen, 2004, 6 (colour illus.).

John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, Canberra, 2000, 216 (colour illus.), 259.

'The Painted Garden' by Margaret Plant, pg. 50-65., Art and Australia (vol. 32, no. 1) Spring 1994, Spring 1994, 57 (illus.).

Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), Judith Thorne (Editor), The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 282, 283 (colour illus.). cat.no. 368

Elizabeth Butel (Author), Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Researcher), Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 92, 93 (colour illus.). cat.no. P.66

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), The art of Margaret Preston, South Australia, 1980, 58 (illus.). cat.no. P.42

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

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Editor), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1974: Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1974. cat.no. 62

Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Editor), The Art Gallery of South Australia Festival Exhibitions 1974, Adelaide, 1974, 40. cat.no. 62

Exhibition history (11)

Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition (1952), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 09 May 1952–24 May 1952.

Acquisitions 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Mar 1968–01 Apr 1968.

The Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art: Adelaide Festival of Arts 1974, Art Gallery of South Australia, Mar 1974 -.

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.

Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984.

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

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

Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, National Gallery of Australia, 08 Dec 2000–11 Feb 2001.

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.