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Title
Morning in the markets
(1932)
Artist
Normand Baker
Australia
09 Jul 1908 - 24 May 1955
Details
Date
(1932)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
101.5 x 86.0 cm stretcher; 128.7 x 112.6 x 12.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, dark brown oil "N.H. Baker". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1932
Location
Not on display
Accession number
605
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Normand Baker
Morning in the markets
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Fifty-third Annual Exhibition of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales (1932), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Sydney, 30 Jul 1932–20 Aug 1932
The Artist and the City:
- Art Museum Armidale, Armidale 01 Nov 1983–04 Nov 1983
- Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth 08 Nov 1983–11 Nov 1983
- Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly 15 Nov 1983–20 Nov 1983
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 26 Nov 1983–18 Dec 1983
Metropolis, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 18 Dec 1999–02 Apr 2000
Referenced in 8 publications
Bibliography
Ian Burn, National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, 'Tradition in modern life', pg. 158-205, Sydney, 1990, 166 (colour illus.), 167. plate no. 166
Peter Emmett, Sydney: metropolis, suburb, harbour, 'Metropolis', pg. 13-70, Glebe, 2000, 51, 52 (colour illus.).
Peter Emmett, Metropolis, Glebe, 1999. Exhibition guide, brochure format.
Brian Ladd and Alan Krell, The Artist & the City, Sydney, 1983, 8, 16 (colour illus.). cat.no. 14
Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Royal Art Society of New South Wales 53rd Annual Exhibition (1932), Sydney, 1932. cat.no. 49; priced 125 guineas
John Slater, Through artists' eyes: Australian suburbs and their cities 1919-1945, 'The city marginalised to the city revealed', pg. 15-34, Melbourne, 2004, xi, 16, 17 (colour illus.). illus.no. 3
Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 28. cat.no. 57
Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney morning herald, 'Archibald Prize winner. Normand H. Baker. Wynne Prize to Gruner', Sydney, 25 Feb 1938. Review of the Archibald and Wynne Prizes for 1937.