Ralph Balson
(Australia 12 Aug 1890–1964)
- Title
- Abstraction
- Year
- 1951
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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90.2 x 105.3cm board; 101.0 x 116.3 x 2.6cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., "R Balson. 51".
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. W. Balson the artist's son 1965
- Accession number
- OA11.1965
- Copyright
- © R Balson Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (11)
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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.
Niagara Galleries (Australia) (Author), Blue Chip XI: The collector's exhibition, Melbourne, 2009, 31 (colour illus.). NOTE: Related work; titled 'Constructive painting'; dated 1954.
Nick Waterlow (Australia) (Curator), Annabel Pegus (Australia) (Curator), Symposium papers: Colour in art - revisiting 1919 & R-Balson, Paddington, 2008, 9, 11.
'Ralph Balson: abstract but more truly real with life' by Jane Somerville, pg. 20-22., Look Nov 2006, Nov 2006, 21 (colour illus.).
'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, 2-3 (colour illus., detail), 92, 93 (colour illus.), 142, 147.
Bruce Adams (Author), Ralph Balson A Retrospective, Bulleen, Jul 1989, 41 (colour illus.), 80. cat.no. 21
'The importance of Ralph Balson' by Paul McGillick, pg. 4-17., Aspect: Art and Literature Winter 1981, Winter 1981, 17 (illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Apr 1966, Apr 1966, (illus.).
1965 Acquisitions 1965, 1965, 12.
Laurence Thomas (Author), Arts Council of Great Britain, Welsh Committee (Wales) (Compilator), Twelve Australian artists, London, 1953. probably in error as cat.no. 54, Abstraction No. 1, 1950.
- Exhibition history (14)
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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.
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.
