Item - Squall on Sydney Harbour

ID UNSW P 1990/0306 CFA (081785)
Artist Roland WAKELIN (1887 - 1971)
Title Squall on Sydney Harbour
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium oil on academy board
Materials oil pigments, canvas board support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 55.00
  Width 75.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Original frame: 77 x 97 x 6 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower left
  Signed in dark red pigment: Wakelin
Produced  
  When c. 1965
  Where Australia, NSW, Sydney
Style Narrative
Subject Waterscape
Credit Line Acquired from the College of Fine Arts Collection, 1990.
Description/Remarks    Gift of Mr & Mrs Roland Wakelin to Alexander Mackie Teachers' College in memory of Madge Trevelyan Watson, Headmistress of Double Bay Infants' School (1952 - 1965). Image depicts view of yachts and ferry on Sydney Harbour from Nielson Park, looking south towards the city. Dark stormy sky above. Original, painted timber frame with brass plaque dedication.
Exhibition History Images of Sydney, UNSW Art Collection, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, CoFA, UNSW, (15/07/2000 - 12/08/2000)
Bibliography Webb, B. Images of Sydney, UNSW Art Collection, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Paddington NSW Australia, 2000, ill. page 3
ISBN 0 7334 0755 2

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