Karl Weschke
(Germany, England 1927–2005)
- Title
- Deposition (Triptych)
- Year
- 1958-1959
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- triptych: oil on Swedish wallboard
- Dimensions
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3 panels: each 183.0 x 122.0cm board; 185.0 x 124.0 x 2.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. left panel, black oil and l.r. centre panel, pencil "Weschke 1958". Signed and dated l.l. right panel, pencil "Weschke 1959". Signed u.c. verso of each panel, black oil "Karl Weschke". Dated l.l. verso centre and right panel, black oil "1958-1959..." and l.l. verso left panel, black oil "1958/1959...".
- Credit
- Purcahsed 1959
- Accession number
- OB6.1959.a-c
- Location
- Not on display
- Provenance (1)
-
Karl Weschke (Germany; England, b.1927, d.2005), Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1959
- Bibliography (6)
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Jeremy Lewison (Author), Karl Weschke: Portrait of a Painter, Penzance, 1998, 32, 72, 73 (colour illus.), 143.
Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 177. cat.no. 2289
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 210 (illus.).
Purchases and acquisitions for 1959 1959, 1959. No. 96
'Fullard, Weschke, Davison - Woodstock Gallery' by Oswell Blakeston, Arts review [vol. 11, no. 12] 18 Jul 1959, 18 Jul 1959, 10.
The Times 03 Jul 1959, 03 Jul 1959.
- Exhibition history (2)
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George Fullard, Karl Weschke, John Davison, Woodstock Gallery, Jul 1959–18 Jul 1959.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1959, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Mar 1960–18 Apr 1960.
