Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Gallery News 22 July: Brett Whiteley, Patrick Hockey, Judy Cassab, Lloyd Rees



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New in the gallery

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)

Brett Whiteley (b.1939-1992)
The Dove and the Moon 1983
Oil and sticks on plywood
51 x 47 cm
Signed verso 'Brett Whiteley'
Provenance: Robin Gibson Gallery (label attached verso), Private collection Sydney
no.10688


Brett Whiteley created some of the most important paintings of twentieth century Australian Art. Of his 1970's masterpieces the bird paintings are among the most beautiful. The current work was purchased through Robin Gibson Gallery where Whiteley exhibited his birds in 1979 to great acclaim. The painting has only ever been in one collection. Three of Brett Whiteley's most memorable solo exhibitions were devoted to the theme in 1979, 1983, 1988. The bird paintings follow on from Whiteley's time in New York, a very difficult period marked by the culmination of Alchemy 1973, Whiteley's monumental masterpiece which almost overwhelmed him in the attempt. They were completed around 1978 when he became the first and only artist to win all three of the Art Gallery of New South Wales prestigious painting prizes; the Archibald, the Wynne and the Sulman.

Brett Whiteley is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries, as well as many important public collections both in Australia and overseas including the Tate Gallery London.

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Patrick Hockey (1948-1992)

Patrick Hockey (1948-1992)
Untitled (Nindooinbah circa 1984)
Acrylic on board
91 x 121 cm
signed 'Hockey' lower right
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10687


Patrick Hockey's paintings of the grand interior of his heritage listed Edwardian homestead 'Nindooinbah' south of Brisbane are among his most important work. In contrast with the elongated characters and sparse landscapes of his 1970's outback paintings in which it is possible to locate some stylistic similarity to Sidney Nolan, the 1980's interior paintings of the lounge room of the house bring to mind the patterned walls of Matisse's interiors of around 1911. The landscape does remain present however with glimpses of mesa's (flat topped hills) visible through the windows of the lavishly decorated interior. The subject is very much that of the image of the European within the ancient Australian landscape - a subject at the core of Australian art history.

Patrick Hockey is represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian National university and many other public and important private collections throughout Australia and overseas including Art Bank and the collection of HRH Prince and Princess of Wales.

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Judy Cassab (b.1920)
Exhibition: The Two of Us


Exhibition of works by Judy Cassab and John Seed.
To be opened by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Wednesday 30 September 2009 drinks, 6-8pm

Judy Cassab (b. 1920)
Omen III 1982
Oil on canvas
86 x 131 cm
Signed 'Cassab' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10676


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Judy Cassab (b. 1920)
Dancing Figures 2008
Oil on canvas
44.5 x 60 cm
signed 'Cassab 08' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10673


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Lloyd Rees (1895-1988)

Lloyd Rees (1895-1988)
Evening #1 1982-1983
Oil on board
50 x 60 cm
Signed 'L R 83' lower right
Provenance: Private collection Sydney, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
no.10658


Preoccupied with depicting the effects of light, Lloyd Rees' paintings from the latter part of his career contain a purity of light that is unsurpassed in twentieth century Australian painting. Many of the paintings completed in the early 1980's were painted at Rees' son's home in Hobart. The bright, white light of the Australian sun is captured in the present painting at the point during a summer evening when night and day are for a moment blurred. Evening no.1 is executed with the skill of an ageing master reflecting on the cycle of life in his final years and brings to mind the light filled works of the Frenchman Claude Lorrain or the British master J M W Turner. Quoted in the age at the time this painting was completed Rees explained, 'If there is one thing I want now, it is for my paintings to be light right through. One of the great things the impressionists did, probably not consciously, was to bring back what the great fresco schools of Italy had achieved, the sense of the painting being on a light background. This is what I'm trying to do here, to make lightness of the canvas the dominating thing.'1

Lloyd Rees is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as numerous other public collections in Australia. He was the recipient of numerous coveted awards during his lifetime including the Wynne Prize in 1950 and 1982 the year the current picture was painted.

Reference: Rees, L., The Age, 1982 cited in Pearce, B., Australian Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p.287

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Jamie Boyd (b.1948)

Jamie Boyd (b.1948)
Girl with Yellow Hat
Pastel on paper
92 x 75 cm
Signed 'Jamie Boyd' lower right
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10660


Jamie Boyd continues the tradition of the great Boyd family who have collectively made a profound contribution to Australian art though he has established a firm reputation as a painter in his own right. Jamie currently lives in London though he regularly returns to Australia and visits the Boyd property at Shoalhaven where he is reunited with the surrounding landscape and it’s beauty and strength. His works reflects this broad international sensibility and the enduring influence of the Australian landscape and the the strong tradition of figure painting in the Boyd family. A proficient painter, he has achieved success through many solo and group exhibitions both in Australia and Europe.

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Current Exhibition
This Saturday 25 July, 3-5pm


Zai Kuang (b.1962)
Children's World


Zai Kuang (b.1962)
Girl 21, 2009
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 cm
no.10047


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Zai Kuang (b.1962)
New Garden of Eden 7, 2009
Oil on canvas
100 x 76cm
no.10642


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The gallery always has works by:
Brian Dunlop, John Coburn, Sidney Nolan

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Sea Breeze
Gouache on paper
71 x 53 cm (sight size)
no.9537


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John Coburn (1925-2006)
The Performance 1978
oil on canvas
122 x 153.5 cm
signed Coburn lower right
Signed, titled, and dated Sydney 1978 on reverse
Provenance: Corporate Collection, Sydney
no.10497


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Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Leda and the Swan c.1960
Mixed media on paper
29.2 x 24.2 cm
signed lower right: N
verso: Certificate of Authenticity
N/C No 130 Leda and Swan 5 Dec 1960 Nolan
Provenance: The artist, Private collection Sydney
no.90235


In these beautiful works on paper Nolan creates multiple transparent layers among which Leda and the Swan1 engage in a sensuous dance, sometimes floating, other times submerged in water. Constantly innovative in his approach to new mediums, Nolan painted his Leda and Swan works on paper with fabric dyes and mixed media achieving wonderful translucency in each stroke.

In a letter to Kenneth Clark of January 1960, Nolan writes, “The small Leda pictures are painted with a permanent first grade German dye called Helizaren. I get it as a creamy paste form and use water as a medium. The paper used is a coated paper. The surface is partially absorbent (like gesso) and the effect is sometimes of staining.”2
RM

1 See cat. no.22 for details on the Leda and Swan series
2 Sidney Nolan to Kenneth Clark quoted in Underhill. N., Nolan on Nolan: Sidney Nolan in his own words, Penguin Group, Australia, 2007, p.193.

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Sale Section

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Leda and the Swan 1959
mixed media on paper
31 x 25.5cm
no. 10496


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Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Leda and the Swan 1958
mixed media on paper
25.5 x 31cm
no. 10494


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Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Leda and the Swan 1959
mixed media on paper
31 x 25.5cm
no. 10495

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Percy Lindsay (1870-1952)
Milking Time c.1930s
Oil on panel
28 x 33 cm
no.3709


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Robert Dickerson (b.1924)
Sketch for Committee Meeting
Charcoal on paper
55.7 x 76.3 cm
signed lower right: Dickerson
Provenance: Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Label on the reverse
Exhibited: 'A Contemporary Australian Drawing', Western Australian Art Gallery, 2nd February-5th March, 1978, Cat. No. 17
no.9731


Robert Dickerson is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including the 1975 Gold Coast Art Prize.

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Featured Graphic

John Olsen (b.1928)


John Olsen (b.1928)
Lucio's 2003
Etching 56/60
43 x 59 cm
56 x 76 cm
Signed and dated 'John Olsen 03' lower right
Edition number lower left and title lower middle
no.10250 (unframed)


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Robert Dickerson (b.1924)

Robert Dickerson (b.1924)
Don Giovanni
Lithograph 42/60
76.5 x 56.5cm
Signed 'R Dickerson' lower right
Commissioned by the Australian Opera for its
Australian Opera's 40th Anniversity Print Portfolio
(to be sold individually)
no.7730

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Upcoming Exhibition
Opening Wednesday 5 August, 6-8pm


Zhong Chen (b.1969)
Beijing Girl 2009


Zhong Chen (b.1969)
Beijing Girl 6 2009
Oil on linen
130 x 130 cm
no.10665


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Exhibition Invite:


Current Exhibition

July
Gallery 1: Winter Exhibition
Gallery 2: Zai Kuang


Upcoming Exhibitions

August
Gallery 1: Zhong Chen
Gallery 1: Winter Exhibition
Gallery 2: Victor Rubin

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

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