Item - Rocky grandeur of Centralia

ID UNSW D 1961/0003 (089155)
Artist Rex BATTARBEE (1893 - 1973)
Title Rocky grandeur of Centralia
Alternate Titles
Category Drawing
Medium watercolour on paper
Materials watercolour, paper support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 36.00
  Width 46.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 65 x 72 x 3.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location within image lower right
  Signed in dark blue pigment: REX BATTARBEE 1961
Produced  
  When 1961
  Where Australia, NT
Style Arunta Watercolour School
Subject Landscape
Credit Line Purchased 1961
Description/Remarks    Central Australian landscape in purples and oranges, depicting a dark blue-coloured, leafless tree emerging between rocks before a distant escarpment, and against a clear blue sky.
Exhibition History
Bibliography Rumley, K. with Carrick, J. Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection, UNSW, Kensington NSW Australia, 1992,, ill. pg. 25
ISBN 0 7334 0262 3

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