John Coburn
(Australia 23 Sep 1925–07 Nov 2006)
- Title
- Song of the Earth
- Place of origin
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Rose Bay →
Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1960
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil, sand on hardboard
- Dimensions
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129.5 x 122.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., "Coburn/ 60". Dated verso on frame, "7/60". [not sighted. information sourced from 1960 Acquistion and Purchase book]
- Credit
- Sydney Ure Smith Memorial Fund 1960
- Accession number
- OA20.1960
- Copyright
- © AGNSW
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (7)
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Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), John Coburn: the spirit of colour, Roseville, 2003, 54 (colour illus.), 213. plate no. 31
Dennis Colsey (Australia) (Author), Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 26 (illus.). cat.no. 33
Author Unknown (Author), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 100
Clive Turnbull (Author), Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 41, 74 (colour illus.). cat.no. 78
Nation 10 Sep 1960, 10 Sep 1960.
The Sydney Morning Herald 25 Aug 1960, 25 Aug 1960.
Sun 25 Aug 1960, 25 Aug 1960.
- Exhibition history (7)
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Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1960), Farmer's Blaxland Gallery, 25 Aug 1960–06 Sep 1960.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Tate Britain, 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963.
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, 1968–1969.
John Coburn: five decades, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 17 Feb 2004–21 Mar 2004.
