Title
Saplings, Wedderburn
(1971)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (1971)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- gouache on ivory Arches paper
- Dimensions
- 79.2 x 58.3 cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., pen and black ink "Fred Williams.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Ruth Komon Bequest in memory of Rudy Komon 2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 163.2004
- Copyright
- © Estate of Fred Williams
- Artist information
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Fred Williams
Works in the collection
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About
In 1970, Fred Williams began using a new format composed of strips that grew out of his observation of the landscape in relation to the horizon. The strip format developed from a series of gouaches painted from the 24th floor of the AMP tower in Bourke Street, Melbourne, which afforded him a new angle on the landscape. He was to use this device frequently from that time on, especially when painting coastal subjects.
'Saplings, Wedderburn' was painted while Williams was staying with his friend and fellow artist, Ian Armstrong. It is one of the very few strip gouaches made on a vertically oriented sheet.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Australian Collection Focus: Fred Williams gouaches, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Mar 2005–01 May 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Celebrating Fred Williams', pg. 24-25, Sydney, Nov 2004, 25 (colour illus.).
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