Previously HIH Collection;
Private Collection, Melbourne
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James Gleeson
The Ladder, c. 1960
acrylic on board
122.00 x 91.00
signed Gleeson l.r.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
James Gleeson, Macquarie Galleries, 15-27 November 1961, no. 40, 150 gns;
Exhibition of Paintings: James Gleeson, Skinner Galleries, Perth, 23 June – 6 July 1963, no. 39, 150 gns;
James Gleeson, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 18-29 November 1963, no. 26, 150 gns;
Aspects of Surrealism, Charles Nodrum Gallery, July 2009, No. 8;
Abstraction 8, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 29 October-14 November 2009, no 45
Literature & references:
see Robert Hughes, intro, 'Recent Australian Painting', Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 1961, p 23, for a similar work 'Venice'
Further works by the Artist
No 296
James Gleeson
2008
charcoal, paper collage, powdered graphite, pastel on paper, 29.60 x 41.90
Price: $2,200
(Yawning gulf)
James Gleeson
1980
charcoal, pastel, watercolour on Arches paper, 70.00 x 50.00
Poem - rocketing rim-girt
James Gleeson
1976
ink wash, pen and ink and collage on paper, 75.00 x 55.00
SOLD
(Landscape)
James Gleeson
1980
charcoal, pastel, watercolour on Arches paper, 70.50 x 51.30
Price: $5,500
(Kneeling Nude – Study)
James Gleeson
c. 1945
charcoal and conte on paper, 50.00 x 37.00
SOLD
(Mutant figure in a landscape)
James Gleeson
1980
charcoal, pastel, watercolour on Fabriano paper, 50.80 x 70.20
Price: $5,500
No 292
James Gleeson
2008
charcoal, paper collage, powdered graphite, pastel on paper, 29.60 x 41.90
Study for "An Event on the Faultline"
James Gleeson
2005
charcoal & collage on paper, 38.00 x 51.50
No 296
James Gleeson
2008
charcoal, paper collage, powdered graphite, pastel on paper, 29.60 x 41.90
No 293
James Gleeson
2008
charcoal, paper collage, powdered graphite, pastel on paper, 29.60 x 41.90
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.