Item - Donna Negra
| ID | UNSW D 1994/0653 (052268) |
| Artist | Wendy PARAMOR (1938 - 1975) |
| Title | Donna Negra |
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| Category | Drawing |
| Medium | Mixed media on paper |
| Materials | gouache, oil, paper support, masonite; original painted timber frame |
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| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 104.00 |
| Width | 125.00 |
| Depth | 0.00 |
| Other | Original frame: 114 x 136 cms |
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| Signed | not signed |
| Produced | |
| When | 1963 |
| Where | Australia |
| Style | Abstract Expressionist |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr Elwyn Lynn, 1994 |
| Description/Remarks | Drawing depicts landscape in electric blue and orange expressionist lines on brown paper support. Inscribed on verso in pencil: WENDY PARAMOR "DONNA NEGRA" N.F.S. Work executed 1963/64. Exhibited in 1966 at Watters Gallery. Given by artist to Elwyn Lynn in exchange for a painting by him. 1995: lent for exhibition at Watters "Women at Watters 1964-1994" from 22 Feb to 11 March 1995. September 2000: lent to Casula Powerhouse for a retrospective exhibition,"Wendy Paramor: Lost and Found". |
| Exhibition History | Women at Watters Watters Gallery East Sydney (22/02/1995 - 11/03/1995) Paramor lost and found Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (09/09/2000 - 29/10/2000) |
| Bibliography | Elwyn Lynn Arts Review: 10 March 1995 The Australian Surry Hills, NSW, Australia 1995, ISBN Cecily Briggs, Julie Ewington and Alan Oldfield Paramor lost and found: a painter's painter Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Casula, NSW, Australia 2000, ISBN 1876418117 |
