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Title
The boy at the basin
1932
Details
Date
1932
Materials used
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
41.0 x 33.2 cm board; 51.0 x 43.6 x 5.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed u.l. corner, pencil "William Dobell [underlined]". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1939
Accession number
6788
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William Dobell
The boy at the basin
Place
Where the work was made
London
Shown in 13 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Art of Australia 1788-1941:
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941
- Yale University Art Gallery, United States of America 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942
- Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942
- Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942
- Toledo Museum of Art, United States of America 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942
- Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942
- Cleveland Museum of Art, United States of America 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942
- Detroit Institiute of Arts, Detroit 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943
- Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943
- Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, Fort Wayne 12 May 1943–31 May 1943
- Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943
- Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943
- Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Dallas 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943
- Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944
- Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, Phoenix 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944
- San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, San Jose 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944
- Hamline University, St Paul 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944
- Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, Omaha 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, United States of America 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945
- Quincy Art Club, Quincy 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945
- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945
- University of Oklahoma, Norman 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945
- North Texas State Teachers' College, Denton 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Apr 1956 -
The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, Brisbane, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63):
- National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962
- Tate Britain, England 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964
Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1976–1977
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
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997
- Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart (2002), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 12 Jan 2002–24 Feb 2002
Genius and ambition: the Royal Academy of Arts, London 1768-1918, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 02 Mar 2014–09 Jun 2014
Referenced in 30 publications
Bibliography
Brian Adams, Portrait of an artist: A biography of William Dobell, Melbourne, 1983, 64 (colour illus.), 65, 66-68. plate no. 3
Uther Barker, Art in Australia [series 3, no. 76], 'The boy at the basin', Sydney, Nov 1938, 46-48, 49 (illus.).
Scott Bevan, Bill: the life of William Dobell, 'Learning from the masters', pg. 32-83, Cammeray, 2014, 68, 82, 101, 393.
National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, 'Tradition in modern life', pg. 159-188, Sydney, 1990, 176 (colour illus.), 177, 216. plate no. 137
Helen Campbell, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Out of Sydney: city and hinterlands', pg. 185-186, Sydney, 2000, 186, 188, 189 (colour illus.), 300.
Elizabeth Donaldson, William Dobell: an artist's life, 'The London years', pg. 30-56, New South Wales, 2010, 54, 59, 178.
Deborah Edwards, Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Introduction', pg. 8-14, Sydney, 1986, 34 (illus.). cat.no. 36
James Gleeson, William Dobell, London, 1964, 19-20, 21 (colour illus.), 22. plate no. II
William Dobell: portraits in context, 'Image of contention', pg. 10-20, Kent Town, 2003, 21, 22, 30, 39 (colour illus.), 64 (colour illus.), back cover (colour illus.).
Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. 102-181, Sydney, 1999, 142 (colour illus.).
Bruce James, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Light fantastic', pg. 11, Sydney, 02 Sep 2000, 11 (colour illus.). NOTE: page 11 of Spectrum lift-out.
Robert Lindsay., Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, 'William Dobell', Sydney, 1976, (colour illus.). cat.no. 45; not paginated
Margaret Meagher (Editor), State of the arts, Sydney, Dec 1996-Mar 1997, 7 (illus.).
Hal Missingham, William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 2; not paginated
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart selections, Sydney, 2002. NOTE: No catalogue numbers; Margaret Olley selection.
Barry Pearce, Australian painters of the twentieth century, 'William Dobell', pg. 76-87, Sydney, 2000, 76 (colour illus.), 79.
Peter Raissis, William Dobell - the painter's progress, 'London: life and portraits', pg. 32-72, Sydney, 1997, 17, 24, 32, 35, 37-38, 39 (colour illus.), 117, 144. cat.no. 5a
Look, 'The art that made me: Reg Mombassa', Sydney, Nov 2015, 13.
Interiors - from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, 4, 8-9, 19 (colour illus.). cat.no. 7
Bernard Smith, 100 years of Australian painting, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1948, 10. cat.no. 59
100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 142, 143 (colour illus.). plate no. 68
Look, Heidelberg, Mar 1997, 6 (illus.).
Laurence Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'William Dobell', pg. 3-5, Sydney, Oct 1959, 4.
New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, Sydney, 1956, 8. cat.no. 9
Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 42. cat.no. 92
Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 27, 45, (illus.). cat.no. 110
Judith White, Australian art collector, 'Yours sincerely: William Dobell', pg. 56-59, Sydney, Apr 2000-Jun 2000, 59.
Author Unknown, William Dobell: the painters progress, Sydney, 1997, (illus.).
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Unknown, Genius and ambition: The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1768-1918, 'Australian artists at Burlington House', pg. 164-197, London, 2014, 196, 197 (colour illus.), 205. cat.no. 127
The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, 'Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary', Adelaide, 1962. cat.no. 92; not paginated