Title
Study for 'Pearl'
(circa 1940)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (circa 1940)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and brown ink, charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 17.7 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Gil & Shay Docking Drawing Fund 2007
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 250.2007
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
- Artist information
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William Dobell
Works in the collection
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About
This drawing is a study for a painting, 'Pearl' 1940, in the Gallery's collection. It dates from a significant period in the artist's career when he returned to Sydney in 1938 after nine years in London, during which him he established his reputation as a major Australian painter.
The fluid linearity of the drawing reveals Dobell's facility as a draughtsman, evoking the fleshy thighs, contented self-absorption and disheveled appearance of his subject. Drawn from life as were all Dobell's figure studies of the period, it is a lyrical and expressive precursor to the final work, revealing Dobell’s creative process in the development of paintings.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Barry Pearce, Hendrik Kolenberg, Peter Raissis, Prue Davidson and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, William Dobell - the painter's progress, Sydney, 1997, 76 (colour illus.). cat.no. 24b
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