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Title
The harbour from Potts Point
1936
Artist
Sydney Ure Smith
Australia
09 Jan 1887 - 11 Oct 1949
Details
Date
1936
Materials used
pencil, watercolour, pastel on buff wove paper
Dimensions
44.7 x 60.7 cm image (irreg.); 46.7 x 62.5 cm sheet (irreg.)
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., pencil "S. Ure Smith 1936".
Credit
Gift of J.R. McGregor 1936
Location
Not on display
Accession number
6368
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Sydney Ure Smith
The harbour from Potts Point
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 1996–1996
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 1996–1996
Kings Cross - Bohemian Sydney, Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Bay, 31 May 2003–21 Sep 2003
Thoroughly modern Sydney, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 01 Jul 2006–15 Oct 2006
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938, illus.. cat.no. 470
Unknown and Unknown, Thoroughly modern Sydney: 1920s and 30s glamour & style, Sydney, 2006, 10. List of works.
Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 56 (colour illus.), 57 (colour illus., detail), 120. cat.no. 45
Hendrik Kolenberg, Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 75
Jean Campbell, Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, 'The boom of the 1920s', pg. 118-129, Sydney, 1989, 121 (colour illus.).
Christine Dixon and Dinah Dysart, Counterclaims: presenting Australian art 1938-1941, Sydney, 1986, 50. cat.no. AAA62, in place of AAA 1940 cat.no. 26 "Harbour from Potts Point"