Item - Untitled (TD566)

ID UNSW D 1992/0201 (082382)
Artist Tony TUCKSON (1921 - 1973)
Title Untitled (TD566)
Alternate Titles
Category Drawing
Medium gouache and watercolour on paper
Materials gouache, watercolour, litho proof paper support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 52.00
  Width 76.30
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 73.2 x 96 x 3.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location nil
  Signed not signed
Produced  
  When c. 1954
  Where Australia
Style Abstract
Subject Faces
Credit Line Purchased 1992
Description/Remarks    Depicts overall pattern of squares and rectangles, some coloured with blue, pink, green gouache, over-painted with black stripes and dashes. Behind the patterning emerges an enlarged face on the left and a standing female figure on the right. The exact year of execution is unknown but has been estimated between 1952-1956.
Exhibition History Tony Tuckson: family at table, Watters Gallery, (21/08/1991 - 07/09/1991)
Bibliography Tuckson. T., (1921-1973), Tony Tuckson: family at table, Watters Gallery, East Sydney NSW Australia, 1991, ill. no.15
ISBN 0646079166
Rumley, K., Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW Australia, 1992, ill.pg.9
ISBN 0733402623

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