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Title
Ballad of a dead stockman no. 2
1959
Artist
Jon Molvig
Australia
27 May 1923 - 15 May 1970
Details
Date
1959
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions
122.0 x 198.7
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., oil "Molvig IV 59".
Credit
Purchased 1959
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA23.1959
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Jon Molvig
Ballad of a dead stockman no. 2
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Selections from 'The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship' 1959, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1959–11 Oct 1959
Recent Australian Painting, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 20 Jan 1962–10 Feb 1962
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
Jon Molvig: Expressionist, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 10 Aug 2002–22 Sep 2002
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Hal Missingham (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Acquisitions for 1959', Sydney, Apr 1960, 22, 23 (illus.).
Katrina Rumley, Jon Molvig, Expressionist, 'Jon Molvig, Expressionist', pg. 1-30, Newcastle, 2002, 5, 12 (colour illus.), 20, 27. cat.no. 17
Gary Catalano, The years of hope: Australian art and criticism 1959-1968, 'Other styles, other images', pg. 60-74, Melbourne, 1981, 61 (ilus.), 62.
The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship 1959, Sydney, 1959. cat.no. 43