Title
The sisters (family group)
1939
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1939
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 110.0 x 85.5 cm stretcher; 126.0 x 102.2 x 5.5 cm frame; sight edge 108.0 x 84.2 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, black oil "R.BALSON -/39".
- Credit
- Bequest of Grace Crowley 1980
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 124.1980
- Copyright
- © Ralph Balson Estate
- Artist information
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Ralph Balson
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition I, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 17 Aug 1939–02 Sep 1939
Balson, Crowley, Fizelle, Hinder:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 05 Oct 1966–30 Oct 1966
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 09 Nov 1966–11 Dec 1966
Ralph Balson: a retrospective:
- Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne 15 Aug 1989–24 Sep 1989
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 06 Oct 1989–19 Nov 1989
- Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong 01 Dec 1989–28 Jan 1990
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 14 Feb 1990–01 Apr 1990
- University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane 12 Apr 1990–24 May 1990
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Sydney studios, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 14 Aug 2004–26 Sep 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Bruce Adams, Ralph Balson A Retrospective, Bulleen, Jul 1989, 14 (colour illus.), 21, 50, 73. cat.no. 5
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Nicholas Chambers, Art and Australia (Vol. 40, No. 2), 'Ralph Balson: "Painting". Abstracting the invisible', pg. 250-251, Sydney, Dec 2002-Feb 2003, 250.
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Natalie Wilson, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'Grace Crowley / Ralph Balson / Frank Hinder / Margel Hinder', pg. 88-103, Sydney, 2002, 90, 142, 147.
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Author Unknown, The Daily Telegraph, 'Maybe I'm one-eyed, too: Seeing Things At Modern Art Exhibition', pg. 5, Sydney, 19 Aug 1939, 5. "What is that called?" a woman asked, staring at No. 1 (priced 40 guineas) . "It's 'The Sisters'," said a companion. "I beg your pardon. What is it?" "Eggstatic" "Look," said the companion earnestly. "Look closely. Get well back. There are two figures. They're holding hands. No kidstakes."
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