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Title
Koala I
undated post 1928
Details
Other Title
Koala
Date
undated post 1928
Materials used
etching, foul biting, printed in black ink with plate tone on ivory wove paper
Edition
Artist's proof
Dimensions
21.8 x 17.8 cm platemark; 30.0 x 24.4 cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Sydney Long ARE". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Miss B. Kelly 1958
Location
Not on display
Accession number
9927
Copyright
© Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
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Sydney Long
Koala I
Place
Where the work was made
Sydney
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Animals on paper: from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 05 Sep 1992–05 Oct 1992
- Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo 18 Dec 1992–24 Jan 1993
- Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul 01 May 1993–30 May 1993
- Grafton Regional Gallery 11 Jun 1993–01 Aug 1993
Country life: animals in the rural idyll, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 01 Oct 2005–27 Nov 2005
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, The etchings of Sydney Long: the Richard King Collection, Goulburn, 1990, (illus.). cat.no. 7; titled 'Australian Koala'; dated circa 1930/32; edition 51/100
Jennifer Hardy, Country life: animals in the rural idyll, Gymea, 2005. List of works; no catalogue numbers
Hendrik Kolenberg, Animals on paper - from the Australian collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 40
Joanna Mendelssohn, The life and work of Sydney Long, Sydney, 1979, 202 (illus.), 261. cat.no. 108; titled 'Koala I'; dated after 1928; AGNSW edition only