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An image of Phryne before Praxiteles

Percival Ball

(England, Australia 17 Feb 1845–04 Apr 1900)

Singer and Sons, Foundry

(England )

Title
Phryne before Praxiteles
Place of origin
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Year
1900
unveiled 27 Mar 1903
Media
Sculpture
Medium
bronze relief
Dimensions
2620.0 x 3440.0cm
Credit
Purchased 1903
Accession number
3257
Location
Front of the Gallery
Bibliography (9)

Look (Mar 2003), Jill Sykes (Australia) (Editor), 10pm [print management] (Australia), Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.

Australian sculpture 1890-1919 (1987), Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Early Australian sculpture, from its beginnings up to circa 1920 (1977), Noel Hutchinson (b.1940) (Author), City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (Australia), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (Jan 1972), Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Editor), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Art Journal (1908), Rudolf Dircks (Author).

Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser (08 Apr 1903), Editor Unknown (Editor), John Fairfax & Sons (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The Sydney Morning Herald (28 Mar 1903), Editor Unknown (Editor), John Fairfax & Sons (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Daily telegraph (28 Mar 1903), Editor Unknown (Editor), Watkin Wynne (Australia, estab. 1883, closed 1927), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Daily telegraph (26 Mar 1903), Editor Unknown (Editor), Watkin Wynne (Australia, estab. 1883, closed 1927), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Exhibition history (1)

Australian sculpture 1890-1919, (22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1989), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.