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Title
Ballad of a dead stockman no. 2
1959
Artist
Jon Molvig
Australia
27 May 1923 - 15 May 1970
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Details
Date
1959
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions
122.0 x 198.7; 124.1 x 201.4 x 4.3 cm frame
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 5 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:
- Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Jun 1961–Jul 1961
- 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 Art Gallery, Newcastle, 10 Aug 2002–22 Sep 2002
Jon Molvig: Maverick, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 14 Sep 2019–02 Feb 2020
Referenced in 5 publications
Bibliography
Arts Council of Great Britain and Whitechapel Art Gallery, Recent Australian painting (1962), 'Catalogue', pg. 11-16, London, 1962, 14. cat.no. 26
Gary Catalano, The years of hope: Australian art and criticism 1959-1968, 'Other styles, other images', pg. 60-74, Melbourne, 1981, 61 (ilus.), 62.
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
The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship 1959, Sydney, 1959. cat.no. 43