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Details
- Date
- (1942)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 109.2 x 88.9 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Signed c.r. verso, black oil ".../ JOSHUA SMITH/ ...". Not dated.
- Credit
- Marshall Bequest Fund 1943
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 7367
- Copyright
- © Yve Close
- Archibald Prize
- - 1942
- Artist information
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Joshua Smith
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About
This work was a finalist in the 1942 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1943.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1943), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Sydney, 14 Aug 1943–01 Sep 1943
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
Jubilee exhibition of Australian art:
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 12 Mar 1951–31 Mar 1951
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston 09 Apr 1951–28 Apr 1951
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 25 Jun 1951–21 Jul 1951
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 06 Aug 1951–01 Sep 1951
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 24 Sep 1951–20 Oct 1951
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 12 Nov 1951–10 Dec 1951
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting:
- Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne 02 Apr 1977–20 Apr 1977
- Sale Regional Art Gallery, Australia 29 Apr 1977–20 May 1977
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 27 May 1977–17 Jun 1977
- Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool 24 Jun 1977–15 Jul 1977
- Shepparton Art Museum, Australia 22 Jul 1977–08 Aug 1977
- Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton 12 Aug 1977–02 Sep 1977
- Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria 16 Sep 1977–07 Oct 1977
- Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura 14 Oct 1977–04 Nov 1977
- Benalla Art Gallery, Australia 11 Nov 1977–02 Dec 1977
- Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre 09 Dec 1977–20 Jan 1978
- Ararat Gallery, Ararat 27 Jan 1978–17 Feb 1978
- Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong 24 Feb 1978–17 Mar 1978
- La Trobe Regional Gallery, Morwell 24 Mar 1978–14 Apr 1978
Joshua Smith retrospective, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 02 Dec 2005–22 Jan 2006
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Bibliography
Referenced in 10 publications
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Herbert Badham, A gallery of Australian art, 'Introduction', pg. v-vii., Sydney, 1954, xiv, (illus.). plate no. 33
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Ian Burn, National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, 'Reflections in private spaces', pg. 116-157, Sydney, 1990, 127, 128 (colour illus.), 129. plate no. 94
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Helen Campbell, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Out of Sydney: city and hinterlands', pg. 185-186, Sydney, 2000, 192 (colour illus.), 302.
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Yve Close, Joshua Smith: artist 1905-1995, 'The war years', pg. 27-32, New South Wales, 1998, 29-30, 76, 103 (colour illus.), 209. plate no. 7; cat.no. 27
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Alan McCulloch and Susan McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, St Leonards, 1994, 661 (illus.).
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Hal Missingham, A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 162
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Barry Pearce, Look, 'New Look for 20th Century Australian Galleries', pg. 13, Heidelberg, Nov 1998, 13.
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Bernard Smith, Present day art in Australia, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1949, 21 (colour illus.). cat.no. 42
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Bernard William Smith and Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 9.
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Laurie Thomas (Editor), Jubilee exhibition of Australian art, Sydney, 1951, 47, 62 (colour illus.). cat.no. 150
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