The artist's estate, till 1988;
Corporate Collection, Sydney, 1988 - 2010
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Peter Upward
Painting No. 11 - Rain forest, 1970
SOLD
PVA on canvas
183.00 x 122.00
signed 'Peter Upward '70' l.l.; and signed titled and dated on reverse; TMAG label also on reverse
Provenance:
Exhibited:
1988, no 5819th Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, TMAG, Hobart, nd;
Peter Upward, Rudy Komon Gallery, 12 - 26 April, 1972 (as no 11);
Peter Upward, University of NSW Union, 23 May - I June, 1973, no. 4 (as Rain Forest);
Peter Upward - Paintings, 1970-1973, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 9-27 Sept 1986, no. 3;
Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 23 June - 7 July, 1988, no. 58
Literature & references:
Irene Burschedt, 'Home from London - with tropical touch' (newspaper interview, April 1973, at the Rudy Komon Gallery) illustrated. The artist commented: "I discovered the tropical colours in London but they look better in Australia .... Everything is done in one movement. I paint with musical impulse, the same as musicians when they improvise .... my paintings are a series of chords and notes .... [and are] like the moment when a high diver enters the water."
Note:
These paintings were initially just numbered; titles were added later.
Further works by the Artist
Since its establishment in 1984, the Charles Nodrum Gallery’s exhibition program embraces a diversity of media and styles - from painting, sculpture & works on paper to graphics and photography; from figurative, geometric, gestural, surrealist & social comment to installation & conceptually based work.