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Title
Shipyards, Berry's Bay
(circa 1927)
Artist
Percy Lindsay
Australia
1870 - 21 Sep 1952
Details
Other Title
The Bridge Builders
Date
(circa 1927)
Materials used
oil on canvas on paperboard
Dimensions
31.7 x 54.0 cm board; 46.7 x 68.8 x 4.3 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "Percy LiNdsay". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1927
Location
Not on display
Accession number
871
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Percy Lindsay
Shipyards, Berry's Bay
Shown in 6 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
Sydney Harbour: an exhibition to mark the 175th anniversary of the founding of Australia (1963), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Oct 1963–19 Nov 1963
Sydney Harbour 1794-1979, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 03 Aug 1979–26 Aug 1979
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
Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jan 1990–11 Mar 1990
The Legendary Lindsays:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 06 Jan 1995–26 Feb 1995
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 10 Mar 1995–30 Apr 1995
Referenced in 9 publications
Bibliography
Brian Ladd and Alan Krell, The Artist & the City, Sydney, 1983, 7. cat.no. 8
Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 75
Ursula Prunster, The legendary Lindsays, Sydney, 1995, 107 (colour illus.).
Roseville Community Association Inc, William Henry's 40 acres & the people who lived there: then and now, 'A famous son', pg. 46, Sydney, 2000, 46, back cover (colour illus.).
Daniel Thomas., Sydney Harbour, ‘Introduction', Sydney, 1963. cat.no. 36
Sydney Ure Smith (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 35. cat.no. 47; titled 'The Bridge Builders'.
Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (Editors), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 16], Sydney, Jun 1926, (colour illus.).
Kay Vernon, Harbour hymns, city songs: visions of Sydney from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 87
Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, 'At Mr. Percy Lindsay's exhibition.', pg. 12, Sydney, 05 Jul 1927, 12 (illus.), 14.