Ralph Balson
(Australia 12 Aug 1890–1964)
- Title
- Abstraction
- Year
- 1950
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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60.7 x 90.2cm board; 63.5 x 93.4 x 3.2cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., red oil "R Balson. 50".
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Accession number
- OA10.1965
- Copyright
- © R Balson Estate
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (10)
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Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne (Australia, estab. 2007) (Compilator), Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 29 August 2012, Melbourne, 2012, 58.
Grace Crowley's contribution to Australian modernism and geometric abstraction, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010, 121, 122 (illus.). figure 5.4
Niagara Galleries (Australia) (Author), Blue Chip XI: The collector's exhibition, Melbourne, 2009, 31 (colour illus.). NOTE: Related work; titled 'Constructive painting'; dated 1954.
Katie Yuill (Australia) (Author), Kinetic: The art of Ralph Balson, Grace Crowley, Rah Fizelle, Margel Hinder & Frank Hinder, Sydney, 2005. cat.no. 6
'Ralph Balson: "Painting". Abstracting the invisible' by Nicholas Chambers, pg. 250-251., Art and Australia (Vol. 40, No. 2) Dec 2002-Feb 2003, Dec 2002-Feb 2003, 250.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 96 (colour illus.), 142, 147.
Bruce Adams (Author), Ralph Balson A Retrospective, Bulleen, Jul 1989, 37 (colour illus.), 76. cat.no. 19
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales, 1986, 37 (illus.). cat.no. 39
'Australian collection' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 52-62., Art and Australia [vol. 10, no. 1] Jul 1972, Jul 1972, 61 (illus.).
Laurence Thomas (Author), Arts Council of Great Britain, Welsh Committee (Wales) (Compilator), Twelve Australian artists, London, 1953. probably in error as cat.no. 55, Abstraction No. 2, 1951.
- Exhibition history (16)
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Twelve Australian Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 05 Sep 1953–26 Sep 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, City of Bradford Art Gallery, 03 Oct 1953–24 Oct 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, Derby Art Gallery, 05 Dec 1953–26 Dec 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 02 Jan 1954–23 Jan 1954.
Twelve Australian Artists, City of Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, 30 Jan 1954–20 Feb 1954.
Twelve Australian Artists, New Burlington Galleries, 12 Jul 1954–22 Aug 1954.
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Oct 1966–30 Oct 1966.
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 09 Nov 1966–11 Dec 1966.
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986.
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Heide Park and Art Gallery, 15 Aug 1989–24 Sep 1989.
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 06 Oct 1989–19 Nov 1989.
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Wollongong City Gallery, 01 Dec 1989–28 Jan 1990.
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Feb 1990–01 Apr 1990.
Ralph Balson: a retrospective, University of Queensland Art Museum, 12 Apr 1990–24 May 1990.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
Kinetic: Sydney modernists, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, 15 Jun 2005–11 Aug 2005.
