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Title
Flag for an Australian backyard no. 2 (Flag of my disposition no. 13)
(circa 1980)
Artist
Ken Whisson
Australia
1927 -
Details
Date
(circa 1980)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
99.5 x 119.5 cm stretcher; 101.0 x 122.4 x 4.8 cm frame
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Patrick White 1981
Location
Not on display
Accession number
255.1981
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Ken Whisson
Flag for an Australian backyard no. 2 (Flag of my disposition no. 13)
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 27 Aug 2011–30 Oct 2011
Ken Whisson: as if:
- Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 17 Mar 2012–15 Jul 2012
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia 28 Sep 2012–25 Nov 2012
Referenced in 5 publications
Bibliography
Helen Hewitt, Voices, 'Patrick White: painter manqué', pg. 61-70, Canberra, Winter 1997, 69.
Ann Proudfoot, An expanded view: the Mary Turner Collection at Orange Regional Gallery, 'An expanded view', pg. 5-23, Orange, 2011, 14 (colour illus.), 23, 123.
Alan Sisley, Central Western Daily, 'An expanded view something to see', n.pag., Orange, 2011, n.pag.. Article relates to the exhibition 'An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection' held at Orange Regional Gallery in 2011.
Glenn Barkley and Lesley Harding (Curators), Ken Whisson: as if, Bulleen, 2012, 155 (colour illus.). cat.no. 109
Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, 'White and the Sydney Art World: 2', pg. 84-93, Carlton, 2002, 89, 155.