Item - Frogmouth 2

ID UNSW P 1979/0017 (082103)
Artist Janet DAWSON (1935 - )
Title Frogmouth 2
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium acrylic on canvas
Materials acrylic pigments, shaped canvas support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 121.00
  Width 182.00
  Depth 24.50
  Other
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location verso
  Signed in pale grey pigment: Janet Dawson 8/79 /Frogmouth 2
Produced  
  When 1979
  Where Australia
Style Abstract
Subject Fauna
Credit Line Acquired with funds from the U Committee; winner of the University of NSW Art Prize, 1979
Description/Remarks    Oval-shaped canvas with box construction suspended off bottom edge; in shades of grey with yellow and turquoise splashes. Represents a tawny frogmouth owl perched on a branch.
Exhibition History University of NSW Art Prize, 1979, UNSW, (08/09/1979 - 16/09/1979)
Janet Dawson Survey Bathurst Regional Gallery & Tour (10/11/2006 - 14/12/2007)
Bibliography Rumley, K. and Carrick, J., Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection UNSW, Kensington NSW Australia, 1992, ill. page 45
ISBN 0 7334 0262 3
France, C., Edwards, D., Boddy, M., Janet Dawson Survey, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst NSW Australia, 2006, ill.pg.43
ISBN 0 947301 60 7

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