Title
Untitled, Soldiers (The unenlightened or Limp blimps)
1965
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1965
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- alkyds and epoxies on board
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 68.2 cm; 55.5 x 73.7 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Watters 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 30.2018
- Copyright
- © Estate of Richard Larter/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Richard Larter
Works in the collection
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About
This painting is an example of the works Larter executed using a medical syringe filled with paint which was then squeezed in fine lines across the surface. Larter's figurative work was almost always provocative and political, with a number of works taking the Vietnam war as their subject.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Richard Larter: A survey 1985, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 14 Mar 1985–29 Apr 1985
Richard Larter: A survey 1985, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, South Bank, Jul 1985–Aug 1985
Richard Larter: A survey 1985, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Sep 1985–Sep 1985
Richard Larter: A survey 1985, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, Oct 1985–Oct 1985
Richard Larter: A survey 1985, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, Dec 1985–Dec 1985
Frank's flat, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, 27 May 2011–17 Jul 2011
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Terence Maloon, Richard Larter: A survey 1985, 1985, n.p. (illus). cat.no. 2 as 'The unenlightened or Limp blimps'
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Frank’s flat: A selection from Frank Watters collection, Maitland, 2011, 1 (colour illus.), 29. cat.no. 118
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