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Details
- Date
- 1947
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 78.5 cm board; 69.0 x 86.2 x 3.6 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.l. corner, black oil "RAokin. 47".
- Credit
- Purchased 1976
- Location
- 20th-century galleries (ground floor)
- Accession number
- 92.1976
- Copyright
- © Estate of HF Weaver Hawkins
- Sir John Sulman Prize
- - 1947
- Artist information
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Weaver Hawkins
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About
This work was a finalist in the 1947 Sulman Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1976.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 15 exhibitions
Project 11 - Weaver Hawkins (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Feb 1976–14 Mar 1976
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, mid Oct 1977–Nov 1977
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Dec 1977–Jan 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Feb 1978–Mar 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, early Apr 1978–late Apr 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, early May 1978–late May 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Horsham Art Gallery, Australia, early Jun 1978–late Jun 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Ararat Gallery, Ararat, early Jul 1978–late Jul 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, early Aug 1978–late Aug 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Sale Regional Art Gallery, Australia, early Sep 1978–late Sep 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, early Oct 1978–late Oct 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, McClelland Gallery, Victoria, early Nov 1978–late Nov 1978
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, Jan 1979–Feb 1979
Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977): memorial retrospective exhibition, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, early Mar 1979–late Mar 1979
Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984
Celebrity Choice - Sam Neill, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Jan 1987–08 Feb 1987
The Bomb, Monash University Gallery, Clayton, 13 Jul 1993–21 Aug 1993
Weaver Hawkins retrospective, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 25 Oct 1994–20 Dec 1994
Weaver Hawkins retrospective, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 02 Jun 1995–16 Jul 1995
Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 08 Dec 2000–11 Feb 2001
Artists as Social Commentators and Activists 1946-2006, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 06 Sep 2007–28 Oct 2007
Artists as Social Commentators and Activists 1946-2006, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, 08 Feb 2008–30 Mar 2008
Modern Times, Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, 01 Aug 2008–08 Feb 2009
Modern Times, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 23 Mar 2009–12 Jul 2009
Modern Times, State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, 31 Jul 2009–08 Nov 2009
An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 27 Aug 2011–30 Oct 2011
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939–45, Museum of Sydney, Sydney, 31 Mar 2012–09 Sep 2012
Follow the Flag: Australian artists at war 1914-1945, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 24 Apr 2015–16 Aug 2015
Postwar - Art between the Pacific and Atlantic 1945-1965, Haus der Kunst, Munich, München, 14 Oct 2016–26 Mar 2017
Black Mist, Burnt country, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, 26 May 2018–12 Aug 2018
Black Mist, Burnt country, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Canberra, 23 Aug 2018–18 Nov 2018
20th-Century galleries Rehang (Ground Level), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2022–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 13 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales (Editor), Catalogue of acquisitions 1976, Sydney, 1976, 24 (illus.).
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Christine Dixon and Terry Smith, Aspects of Australian figurative painting 1942-1962: dreams, fears and desires, Sydney, 1984, 36 (colour illus.).
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Rod James, Nuclear (r)age: the bomb in Australian art, 'Nuclear (R)Age: the bomb in Australian art', pg. 4-16, Clayton, Jun 1993, 4, 5, 19 (colour illus.), 29. cat.no. 29
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Manly Art Gallery and Museum (Editor), Artists as social commentators and activists, Sydney, 2007, 7 (colour illus.), 30. no catalogue numbers
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John Marsden, Prayer for the twenty-first century, Port Melbourne, 1997, (colour illus.). not paginated
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John McDonald, Federation: Australian art and society 1901-2001, Canberra, 2000, 121 (colour illus.), 256. no catalogue numbers
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Steven Miller and Eileen Chanin, The art and life of Weaver Hawkins, Sydney, 1995, (colour illus.). plate no. 19
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Sam Neill, Celebrity choice: Sam Neill, Sydney, 1987, not paginated. no catalogue numbers
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Ann Proudfoot (Curator), An expanded view: the Mary Turner Collection at Orange Regional Gallery, 'List of works', pg. 117-124, Orange, 2011, 119.
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Ron Radford, Weaver Hawkins, 1893-1977 : memorial retrospective exhibition 1977-1979, Ballarat, 1977. cat.no. 16; not paginated
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S.H. Ervin Gallery, Weaver Hawkins 1893-1977, Sydney, 1995. cat.no. 30; Collection AGNSW
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Alan Sisley, Central Western Daily, 'Femme fatale doesn't paint a pretty picture', n.pag., Orange, 24 Sep 2011, n.pag. (colour illus.). Article relates to the exhibition 'An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection' held at Orange Regional Gallery in 2011.
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Daniel Thomas, Project 11: Weaver Hawkins, 'Weaver Hawkins', Sydney, 1976, not paginated. cat.no. 25, collection of the artist
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