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Details
- Other Title
- Vesta
- Date
- (1968)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 230.0 x 251.0 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Visual Arts Board Australia Council Contemporary Art Purchase Grant 1975
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 10.1975
- Copyright
- © Estate of Paul Partos
- Artist information
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Paul Partos
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Group 1 (1968), Gallery A (Sydney), Paddington, 20 Feb 1968 -
The field, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 21 Aug 1968–28 Sep 1968
The field, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Oct 1968–24 Nov 1968
Project 16 - Paul Partos (1977), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Feb 1977–20 Mar 1977
Australian abstraction 1965-1985: from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Dec 2006–25 Jan 2007
Gallery A Sydney Exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, 21 Mar 2009–03 May 2009
Gallery A Sydney Exhibition, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 09 May 2009–19 Jul 2009
Australian Collection Focus: Tackling THE FIELD, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Sep 2009–29 Nov 2009
The Field Revisited, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 27 Apr 2018–26 Aug 2018
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Christopher Allen, The Weekend Australian, 'Hard work: A new show reminds us of the limitations of colour-field abstraction', pg. 12-13, Canberra, 17 Oct 2009-18 Oct 2009, 12 (colour illus.), 13. Focus room ‘Tackling the field’ exhibition review.
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Donald Brook, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Roll up roll up!', pg. 14, Sydney, 22 Feb 1968, 14.
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Michael Desmond, Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection, 'Abstraction', pg. 16-59, Sydney, 2006, 52, 53 (colour illus.).
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Charles Green, Fieldwork: Australian art 1968-2002, 'The discursive field: home is where the heart is', pg. 12-15, Melbourne, 2002, 14 (illus.), 25 (colour illus.). Illustration on pg. 14 shows installation photograph of entrance to 'The Field' exhibition, 1968, with Paul Partos' 'Vesta II' in the background.
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Robert Lindsay (Curator), Project 16: Paul Partos, Sydney, 1977. cat.no. 3
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Elwyn Lynn., The field, Untitled essay, Melbourne, 1968, 54 (colour illus.), 85. cat.no. 50; NOTE: Incorrectly referred to as 'Orphea'
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Natalie Wilson, Tackling THE FIELD, 'Tackling The Field', pg. 1-29, Sydney, 2009, 8, 17 (colour illus.), 18. NOTE: This work features in two black and white installation photographs of the NGV 'The Field' exhibition located on page 3.
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