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Title
Gum blossoms
(1928)
Details
Other Title
Gum blossom
Date
(1928)
Materials used
woodcut, printed in black ink, hand coloured in gouache on thin cream laid paper
Edition
21st proof from an unknown edition, hand coloured
Dimensions
27.4 x 26.3 cm blockmark (irreg.); 38.7 x 30.6 cm sheet (irreg.)
Signature & date
Signed l.r. beneath blockmark, pencil "Margaret Preston". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1964
Location
Not on display
Accession number
DA35.1964
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Margaret Preston
Gum blossoms
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Dec 1985–09 Feb 1986
Margaret Preston retrospective:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 29 Jul 2005–23 Oct 2005
- Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne 12 Nov 2005–29 Jan 2006
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 18 Feb 2006–07 May 2006
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 26 May 2006–13 Aug 2006
Referenced in 11 publications
Bibliography
Elizabeth Butel, Margaret Preston: the art of constant rearrangement, Ringwood, 1985, 88. cat.no. P.19
Roger Arthur Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 2005, 145 (colour illus.). cat.no. 124
Roger Arthur Butler, The prints of Margaret Preston: a catalogue raisonné, Canberra, 1987, 125 (colour illus.). cat.no. 124
Katrina Cashman., Margaret Preston in Mosman, 'Margaret Preston in Mosman', Mosman, 2002, (colour illus.). private collection; titled 'Gum Blossom'; not paginated; no catalogue numbers
Nicolas Draffin, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Prints & Drawings', pg. 109-124, Sydney, 1988, 123 (colour illus.).
Deborah Edwards, Margaret Preston, 'Transitions 1920s', pg. 61-150, Sydney, 2005, 88 (colour illus.), 127.
Josef Lebovic, Australian women printmakers, 'Foreword', pg. 2, Sydney, 1988, 12. cat.no. 94a; NOTE: this is not the AGNSW impression.
Ewen McDonald, AGNSW Collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 42 (colour illus.).
Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (Editors), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 26], Sydney, Dec 1928, 121 (illus.). Advertisement for Grosvenor Galleries
Editor Unknown (Editor), The Home: an Australian quarterly, Sydney, Dec 1928, 25 (illus.).
Editor Unknown (Editor), The Home : an Australian quarterly, Sydney, Dec 1932, 84 (illus.). titled 'Gum blossom'