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Title
Fire haze at Gerringong
1980
Details
Date
1980
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
107.0 x 128.5 cm stretcher; 137.5 x 158.2 x 6.4 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, black oil "L REES/ 1980".
Credit
Purchased with assistance from the H G Slater Foundation 1982
Location
Not on display
Accession number
226.1982


Place
Where the work was made
Gerringong
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Lloyd Rees survey drawings and paintings 1918-1980 (1981):
- University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 01 Mar 1981–01 Apr 1981
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 01 May 1981–01 Jun 1981
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 30 Jun 1981–01 Jul 1981
- Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong 01 Sep 1981–01 Oct 1981
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the collection of CRA Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 04 Oct 1985–06 Nov 1985
Lloyd Rees: lumiere du bout du monde, Printemps Haussmann, Paris, 20 May 1987–20 Jun 1987
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Whiteley & Rees: more affinities (2006):
- The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills 03 Dec 2005–10 Apr 2006
- New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale 29 Apr 2006–02 Jul 2006
Lloyd Rees: works from the South Coast, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Nowra, 26 Oct 2013–14 Dec 2013
Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 05 Dec 2015–14 Feb 2016
Referenced in 7 publications
Bibliography
Lou Klepac, Australian painters of the twentieth century, 'Lloyd Rees', pg. 64-75, Sydney, 2000, 71, 75 (colour illus.).
Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Celebrating Lloyd Rees: a book and show on the Gallery's collection of his work', pg. 21-23, Sydney, Mar 2013, 22, 23 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian', pg. 13-35, Sydney, 1988, 30.
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara Series, Tokyo, 1985, 26 (colour illus.). cat.no. 10
Lloyd Rees survey drawings and paintings 1918-1980, Melbourne, 1981.
Look, 'Father and son', pg. 8, Sydney, Jun 2015, 8 (colour illus.). Alan and Jan Rees photographed in front of the work.
Whiteley & Rees: More affinities, Sydney, 2005, (illus.). List of works