Title
Gum blossoms
(circa 1942)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Flowerpiece
Gum blossom - Date
- (circa 1942)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 57.2 x 47.5 cm board; 68.8 x 59.2 x 3.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, black ink "G Cossington Smith". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1943
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 7329
- Copyright
- © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
- Artist information
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Grace Cossington Smith
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Eighteenth annual exhibition of the Contemporary Group (1943), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 06 Jul 1943–16 Jul 1943
Travelling Art Exhibition 1953. Still life and flower paintings by Australian artists:
- Church of England Parish Hall, Grenfell 16 Mar 1953–30 Mar 1953
- Young Public Library, Young 14 Apr 1953–28 Apr 1953
- Bega County Council Exhibition Hall, Bega 19 May 1953–02 Jun 1953
- Wollongong High School Assembly Hall, Fairy Meadow 03 Aug 1953–15 Aug 1953
- Taree Council Chambers, Taree 15 Sep 1953–29 Sep 1953
- Dubbo Mechanics' Institute, Dubbo 13 Oct 1953–27 Oct 1953
Critic as Artist - the work of Cutler Footways, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, 25 May 2019–18 Aug 2019
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Bernard William Smith, Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, 'The modern movement in Australia', pg. 181-213, South Melbourne, 1979, 182, 185 (illus.). plate no. 64; titled 'Flowerpiece'
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Daniel Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Grace Cossington Smith', pg. 510-521, Sydney, Jan 1970, 522 (illus.). titled 'Gum blossom'
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