Collection
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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Bruce Adams, Ralph Balson A Retrospective Jul 1989, Bulleen, Jul 1989, 37 (colour illus.), 76. cat.no. 19
Nicholas Chambers, Art and Australia (Vol. 40, No. 2) Dec 2002-Feb 2003, 'Ralph Balson: "Painting". Abstracting the invisible', pg. 250-251, St Leonards, Dec 2002-Feb 2003, 250.
Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1986, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, New South Wales, 1986, 37 (illus.). cat.no. 39
Niagara Galleries, Blue Chip XI: The collector's exhibition 2009, Melbourne, 2009, 31 (colour illus.). NOTE: Related work; titled 'Constructive painting'; dated 1954.
Daniel Thomas, Art and Australia [vol. 10, no. 1] Jul 1972, 'Australian collection', pg. 52-62, Sydney, Jul 1972, 61 (illus.).
David Thomas, Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Melbourne 29 August 2012, 'Works from the Wesfarmers collection of Australian art part 1: lots 1-23’, pg. 58-59, Melbourne, 2012, 58.
Laurence Thomas, Twelve Australian artists 1953, London, 1953. probably in error as cat.no. 55, Abstraction No. 2, 1951.
Natalie Wilson, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection 2002, 'Grace Crowley / Ralph Balson / Frank Hinder / Margel Hinder', pg. 88-103, Domain, 2002, 96 (colour illus.), 142, 147.
Katie Yuill, Kinetic: The art of Ralph Balson, Grace Crowley, Rah Fizelle, Margel Hinder & Frank Hinder 2005, Sydney, 2005. cat.no. 6
Grace Crowley's contribution to Australian modernism and geometric abstraction, 'Partnership in abstraction', pg. 105-130, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010, 121, 122 (illus.). figure 5.4
- Exhibition history (6)
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Twelve Australian Artists:
- Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Bath 05 Sep 1953–26 Sep 1953
- City of Bradford Art Gallery, Bradford 03 Oct 1953–24 Oct 1953
- Derby Art Gallery, Derby 05 Dec 1953–26 Dec 1953
- City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, Bristol 02 Jan 1954–23 Jan 1954
- City of Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Ireland 30 Jan 1954–20 Feb 1954
- New Burlington Galleries, London 12 Jul 1954–22 Aug 1954
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 05 Oct 1966–30 Oct 1966
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle 09 Nov 1966–11 Dec 1966
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Australia, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986
Ralph Balson: a retrospective:
- Heide Park and Art Gallery, Bulleen 15 Aug 1989–24 Sep 1989
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle 06 Oct 1989–19 Nov 1989
- Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong 01 Dec 1989–28 Jan 1990
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 14 Feb 1990–01 Apr 1990
- University of Queensland Art Museum, St. Lucia 12 Apr 1990–24 May 1990
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Kinetic: Sydney modernists, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Camperdown, 15 Jun 2005–11 Aug 2005
