Director's choice tour
Explore the Gallery in the company of the director, Edmund Capon, and hear him talk about his favourite works in the collection. The tour includes Australian art from colonial to present day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, old masters, Asian and contemporary art.
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All photographs © AGNSW unless otherwise stated
All works © the artist or the artist's estate unless otherwise stated
© Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2012
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Agnolo Bronzino
Cosimo I de' Medici in armour circa 1545
oil on poplar, 86.0 x 67.0cm panel; 117.5 x 98.5 x 8.0cm frame
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1996 -
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Canaletto
The Piazza San Marco, Venice 1742-1746
oil on canvas, 67.5 x 119.0cm stretcher; 85.0 x 135.6 x 6.0cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1996 -
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Sir Edward John Poynter
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon 1890
oil on canvas, 234.5 x 350.5 x 20.5cm frame
Purchased 1892 -
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Ford Madox Brown
Chaucer at the court of Edward III 1847-1851
oil on canvas, 372.0 x 296.0cm stretcher; 391.0 x 315.0 x 8.0cm frame
Purchased 1876 -
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Edouard Detaille
Vive L'Empereur 1891
oil on canvas, 376.0 x 445.0cm stretcher; 370.0 x 437.5cm sight edge; 445.0 x 512.5 x 14.0cm frame
Purchased 1893 -
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Camille Pissarro
Peasants' houses, Eragny 1887
oil on canvas, 59.0 x 71.7cm stretcher; 83.0 x 96.6 x 11.0cm frame
Purchased 1935 -
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Paul Cézanne
Banks of the Marne circa 1888
oil on canvas, 65.0 x 81.3cm canvas; 85.9 x 102.4 x 9.9cm frame
Purchased 2008 with funds provided by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation, the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, and donors to the Masterpiece Fund in joint celebration of the Foundation's 25th anniversary and Edmund Capon AM OBE's 30th anniversary as Director of the Gallery -
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Eugene von Guérard
Sydney Heads 1865
oil on canvas, 56.0 x 94.0cm stretcher; 75.5 x 113.3 x 5.8cm frame
Bequest of Major H.W. Hall 1974 -
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Arthur Streeton
Fire's on 1891
oil on canvas, 183.8 x 122.5cm; 204.7 x 142.7 x 6cm frame
Purchased 1893 -
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WC Piguenit
The flood in the Darling 1890 (1895)
oil on canvas, 122.5 x 199.3cm stretcher; 172.5 x 249.0 x 16.0cm frame
Purchased 1895 -
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Rupert Bunny
A summer morning (circa 1908)
oil on canvas, 222.0 x 181.5cm stretcher; 246.3 x 205.7 x 13.0cm frame
Purchased 1911 -
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E Phillips Fox
The ferry (circa 1910-circa 1911)
oil on canvas, 114.6 x 152.4cm stretcher; 141.5 x 179.2 x 12.0cm frame
Purchased 1949 -
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Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Limmen Bight River Country 1992
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 243.5 x 243.5 x 3.7cm stretcher
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1992 -
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Rusty Peters
Waterbrain 2002
natural pigments on linen canvas, eight panels: 180.0 x 150.0cm each panel; 180.0 x 1200.0cm overall
Purchased 2002 -
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Freddie Timms
Jack Yard 2004
diptych: earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen canvas, each panel 150.0 x 180.0cm stretcher; 150.0 x 360.0cm stretcher overall
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Contempo Group 2005 -
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Lin Onus
Fruit bats 1991
polychromed fibreglass sculptures, polychromed wooden disks, Hills Hoist clothesline, 250.0 x 250.0 x 250.0cm overall
Purchased 1993 -
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Grace Cossington Smith
The curve of the bridge 1928-1929
oil on cardboard, 110.5 x 82.5cm board; 137.2 x 109.5 x 10.9cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and James Fairfax AO 1991 -
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Brett Whiteley
Woman in bath 1963, re-worked 1964
oil, paper, graphite and tempera on plywood, 183.1 x 218.7cm board; 188.0 x 224.0 x 6.3cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2000 -
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Sidney Nolan
Central Australia 1950
enamel and oil on hardboard, 122.0 x 152.5cm board; 138.2 x 168.0 x 1.8cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Nelson Meers Foundation 2004 -
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John Olsen
Five bells 1963
oil on hardboard, 264.5 x 274.0cm board
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1999 -
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Fred Williams
My garden (1965-1967)
oil on canvas, 152.6 x 183.3cm; 154.8 x 185.2 x 5.1cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1999 -
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Jeffrey Smart
Matisse at Ashford (2004)
oil on canvas, 86.0 x 138.0cm, 125.0 x 150.0 x 7.3cm frame
Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales with assistance from the Collection Circle 2007 -
Introduction the upper Asian gallery
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A pair of tomb guardian figures late 6th century-early 7th century
earthenware with traces of red and orange pigment over white slip, 93.0 x 39.0 x 23.0cm guardian a, object with base; 92.0 x 39.0 x 23.0cm guardian b, object with base
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1990 -
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Jingdezhen ware
Dish with bouquet design 1403-1424
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, 7.4 x 40.9cm
Bequest of Kenneth Myer 1993 -
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Nô theatre costume circa 1800
silk and gold; ikat dyed threads for the warp; brocade weave using flat strips of gilt paper, 134.5 x 137.0cm
Purchased with funds provided by the VisAsia Dinner Fund to commemorate the 'Goddess: Divine Energy' exhibition 2006 -
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Kanô EINÔ
Pine, bamboo and plum blossom 17th century
pair of six-fold screens; colour and gold on paper, each screen: 167.0 x 359.5cm image; 182.5 x 376.0cm screen
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1994 -
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Yoon Kwang-cho
Punch'ông ware jar circa 1990
stoneware with slip decoration, 39.0 x 31.0cm
Purchased with assistance from an anonymous donor 1992 -
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Amitabha Buddha late 8th century-mid 9th century
andesite, 105.0 x 88.0 x 65.0cm.
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2000 -
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Standing crowned Buddha 12th century-13th century
copper alloy, 86.0 x 27.0 x 16.0cm overall; 105.0 x 27.0 x 16.0cm object with base
Gift of the Art Gallery Society 2002 -
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Alberto Giacometti
Woman of Venice VII 1956
bronze, 117.0 x 16.0 x 36.0cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1994 -
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Anselm Kiefer
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss 2004
oil, emulsion, acrylic and sand on canvas with concrete staircase, 420.0 x 560.0cm
Purchased with funds provided by Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth and Catriona and Simon Mordant 2006 -
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Bill Henson
Paris Opera Project 1990-1991
type C photograph, 124.0 x 124.8cm image (irreg.); 153.0 x 127.0cm sheet; 157.5 x 156.0 x 6.0cm frame
Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1993 -
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Cy Twombly
Three studies from the Temeraire 1998-1999
oil on canvas (triptych), a) 256.8 x 206.0 x 5.6cm frame b) 264.2 x 206.0 x 5.6cm frame c) 263.6 x 198.8 x 5.6cm frame
Purchased 2004 with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation, with the assistance of the following major donors: Kerry Packer AC & Roslyn Packer, Jillian Broadbent AO, Peter Weiss AM, Ginny & Leslie Green, Geoff & Vicki Ainsworth, Catriona & Simon Mordant, Susan Rothwell, Ann Corlett, Rowena Danziger AM & Ken Coles AM, Energy Australia, Brian France AM & Philippa France, Chris & Yvonne Gorman, John & Inge Grant, Penelope & Harry Seidler AC OBE, John Symond AM, Isaac & Susan Wakil, and a number of other private individuals. -
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Three bathers 1913
oil on canvas, 197.5 x 147.5cm stretcher; 215.2 x 165.0 x 6.5cm frame
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1984 -
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Giulio Paolini
L'altra figura 1984
plaster, 183.0 x 250.0 x 190.0cm installed
Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1987 -
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James Angus
Bugatti Type 35 2006
steel, aluminium, fiberglass, rubber, leather, automotive lacquer, 193.0 x 115.0 x 366.0cm
Purchased with funds provided by Andrew Cameron, the Contemporary Collection Benefactors' and the Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 2006 -
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Pablo Picasso
Nude in a rocking chair 1956
oil on canvas, 196.0 x 130.8cm stretcher; 213.0 x 147.5 x 8.0cm frame
Purchased 1981 -
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