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Title
City building
(1959)
Artist
Margo Lewers
Australia
23 Apr 1908 - 20 Feb 1978
Details
Date
(1959)
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions
178.0 x 122.0
Signature & date
Signed l.r., oil "Margo Lewers". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1959
Accession number
OA24.1959
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Margo Lewers
City building
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship for painting (1959), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Oct 1959–08 Nov 1959
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63):
- National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962
- Tate Britain, England 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963
New Directions 1952-1962, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, 08 Feb 1991–24 Mar 1991
Margo Lewers retrospective:
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 27 Jul 2002–15 Sep 2002
- Orange Regional Gallery, Orange 25 Oct 2002–01 Dec 2002
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Pamela Bell, Margo Lewers Retrospective, Sydney, 2002, 14, 28 (colour illus.), 56. cat.no. 14
Christine France, New Directions 1952-1962, 'New directions 1952-1962', pg. 7-19, Sydney, 1991, 43. cat.no. 54
Hal Missingham (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Acquisitions for 1959', Sydney, Apr 1960, 24 (illus.), 25.
Clive Turnbull, Jean Campbell and Daniel Thomas AM, Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 44. cat.no. 142