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Title
Fantasy
(circa 1916-circa 1917)
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Details
Other Title
Summer dance
Date
(circa 1916-circa 1917)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
132.5 x 107.0 cm stretcher; 145.3 x 119.7 x 8.3 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, black oil "SYDNEY LONG.". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased under the terms of the Florence Turner Blake Bequest 1971
Location
Not on display
Accession number
50.1971
Copyright
© Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Sydney Long
Fantasy
Place
Where the work was made
London
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Sydney Long (1979), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 22 Aug 1979–07 Nov 1979
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989
Australian Collection Focus: Sydney Long: Pan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Jun 2009–30 Aug 2009
Looking for faeries: The Victorian tradition, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 16 Oct 2010–28 Nov 2010
Australian Symbolism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 May 2012–22 Jul 2012
Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 17 Aug 2012–11 Nov 2012
Shaded, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, 28 Aug 2017–03 Dec 2017
Referenced in 12 publications
Bibliography
Art from Australia: 2016 calender, Sydney, 2015, n.pag. (colour illus.). month of April
Anna Clabburn., Looking for faeries: the Victorian tradition, 'The legacy of English fairy painting', Bendigo, 2010. Not paginated; List of works at the back.
Deborah Edwards, Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, 'The Antipodean Arcady/ When Pan purloined Apollo's lyre', pg. 8-31, Sydney, Sep 1989, 14 (illus.), 64.
Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, Sydney, 1986, 10, 27 (illus.). cat.no. 23
Anne Gray, Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, 'The spirit of the land', pg. 45-70, Canberra, 2012, 45, 49, 50, 59, 60, 64, 68, 136 (colour illus.), 137. cat.no. 48
Denise Mimmocchi, Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, 'Sydney Long: Arcadian myth and the decorative landscape', pg. 110-122, Sydney, 2012, 116, 121 (colour illus.), 146, 148 (colour illus.). image on pg.148 is a detail.
Denise Mimmocchi, Look, 'Australian symbolism: An exhibition exploring the antipodean art of dreams', pg. 24-27, Sydney, Apr 2012, 26 (colour illus.).
Denise Mimmocchi, Australian Collection Focus: Sydney Long - Pan, 'Sydney Long: Pan', pg. 1-12, Sydney, 2009, 8 (colour illus.).
100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 124, 125 (colour illus.). plate no. 59
Look, 'What's on elsewhere', pg. 44-45, Sydney, Jun 2012, 44 (colour illus.).
Daniel Thomas, Art and Australia, 'Australian collection', pg. 52-62, Sydney, Jul 1972, 56 (colour illus.).
In our own image: the story of Australian art, Sydney, 1995, 72 (colour illus.).