Item - Still life - Colosseum

ID UNSW D 1990/0123 CFA (081715)
Artist Earle BACKEN (1927 - 2005)
Title Still life - Colosseum
Alternate Titles
Category Drawing
Medium watercolour on paper
Materials watercolour pigments, paper support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 71.50
  Width 97.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 95.5 X 120.5 X 3 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right
  Signed in pencil: Earle Backen '87
Produced  
  When 1987
  Where Australia
Style Narrative
Subject Still Life
Credit Line Acquired from the College of Fine Arts Collection, 1990
Description/Remarks    Still life drawing in watercolours depicting table and items covered in white cloth; bowl of red apples, a single red apple, white pedestal bowl to left, two green apples and single wine glass to right of image; all before a background image of the Colosseum.
Exhibition History Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission Regional Galleries Tour: Qld, NSW, Vic: 1999-2000 (26/03/1998 - 01/10/2000)
Bibliography Belinda Allen and Christopher Allen Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission Macquarie University Sydney 1999, Ill.pg.20
ISBN 1 86408 492 8

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