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Title
Study for 'Emergency loading at night'
circa 1944
Details
Date
circa 1944
Materials used
pen and black ink, white gouache
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.3 cm sheet
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1964
Location
Not on display
Accession number
DA21.1964
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William Dobell
Study for 'Emergency loading at night'
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994
- Goulburn Regional Art Gallery 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995
- Griffith Regional Art Gallery 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995
William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997
- Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998
A Tribute to William Dobell (1999), Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 02 Sep 1999–03 Oct 1999
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
William Dobell: hard drawing (2007-2008), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 15 Dec 2007–10 Feb 2008
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Betty Churcher, The art of war, 'Far from the Front Line', pg. 91-129, Carlton, 2004, 114 (colour illus.).
Prue Davidson, William Dobell - the painter's progress, 'Return to Sydney and the war years', pg. 73-89, Sydney, 1997, 80 (colour illus.). cat.no. 26a
Mary Eagle and Lola Wilkins, A tribute to William Dobell, Canberra, 1999, 56.
Hendrik Kolenberg, Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994. cat.no. 18
Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1997, 48 (colour illus.). cat.no. 37
Ross Woodrow, William Dobell: hard drawing, Newcastle, 2007, 38, 46 (colour illus.).