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Title
Chart of rubbings of samples from an Aboriginal ochre mine, Heavitree Range, Northern Territory
1979
Artist
John Walter Wolseley
England, Australia
21 Apr 1938 -
Details
Date
1979
Materials used
pencil, watercolour, gouache, ochre with cut out sections
Dimensions
52.0 x 98.1 cm sheet; 86.4 x 131.4 x 4.3 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil ".../ Autumn. 79. John Wolseley.".
Credit
Purchased 1980
Location
Not on display
Accession number
142.1980
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John Walter Wolseley
Chart of rubbings of samples from an Aboriginal ochre mine, Heavitree Range, Northern Territory
Place
Where the work was made
Australia
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition history
John Wolseley, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra, 29 Jul 1980–16 Aug 1980
Three years on: acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Oct 1981–01 Dec 1981
Nomadism: John Wolseley, twelve years in Australia:
- University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 09 Mar 1988–29 Apr 1988
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 09 Jun 1988–31 Jul 1988
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent:
- National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan 28 Apr 1992–28 Jun 1992
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 1996–1996
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 1996–1996
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 102 (colour illus.), 124. cat.no. 93
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 81
Bernice Murphy, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Contemporary Art - Australian, European and American', pg. 37-46, Sydney, 1981, 46 (illus.). cat.no. 16
Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992. cat.no. 114
Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 171 (colour illus.). cat.no. 114
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, John Wolseley, 1980. cat.no. 33