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Details
- Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Date
- 1965
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 259.2 x 111.2 cm stretcher; 262.3 x 114.6 x 4.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r. verso on canvas, pencil "RC Robertson-Swan/ … 1965/ …/ …".
- Credit
- Purchased 1983
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 234.1983
- Copyright
- © Ron Robertson-Swann
- Artist information
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Ron Robertson-Swann
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
London
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Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Exhibition of work by 3 new sculptors (Ron Robertson-Swann, Wendy Taylor & Yardeni), Kasmin Gallery, London, London, 04 Feb 1966–Mar 1966
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
Ron Robertson-Swann survey (1975), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 03 Apr 1975–27 Apr 1975
Dead Sun, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Oct 1997–09 Nov 1997
Hard Edge, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1999–24 Oct 1999
Australian abstraction 1965-1985: from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Dec 2006–25 Jan 2007
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 4 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, 13. Focus room ‘Tackling the field’ exhibition review.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Dead Sun, Sydney, 1997.
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Elwyn Lynn, Royston Harpur and Patrick McCaughey, The field, Melbourne, 1968, 62 (illus.). cat.no. 57
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Natalie Wilson, Tackling THE FIELD, 'Tackling The Field', pg. 1-29, Sydney, 2009, 8, 9, 21 (colour illus.), 22.
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