Estate of Paul Partos, till 2010;
Private Collection, Sydney since then
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Paul Partos
No Title, 1990
Price: $30,000
oil on canvas
137.00 x 112.00
signed and dated and inscribed ‘cat 235’ on reverse
Provenance:
Exhibited:
The McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, 1981 (for which this and two other paintings were specifically painted);
Paul Partos, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 7 – 30 October, 2010, no. 3
Literature & references:
Charles Nodrum, Paul Partos, Charles Nodrum Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 2010:
“His paintings in the early 60s were juicily rich in image and texture: all action. His contribution to The Field was a complete reverse: a square work comprised of eight smaller squares surrounding an empty centre… The mid to late 1970s saw a reversal of this whole process - again. Onto a delicately inflected surface there entered this small square or rectangle of opulently textured paint. The action had returned to the centre. The process continued with the central section tending to grow larger and more dominant over the years; but in the vast majority of them, the border remained deliberately quiet and understated. The three canvas paintings in this exhibition are special in a different way again: most unusually, the border has been rendered with a texture nearly as active as the centre. The result is a degree of competitive tension between centre and surround – a sort of visual throb.”
Further works by the Artist
After Morandi (Levels Series)
Paul Partos
1995
oil on canvas (in original frame), 40.50 x 35.50
SOLD
Unspecified lengths
Paul Partos
1969
acrylic on nylon organza on aluminium foil on board, 30.50 x 23.00
Untitled (No 24)
Paul Partos
1986
Drypoint, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed 1/11, 17.00 x 13.00
Mirror (No 23)
Paul Partos
1986
Etching, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 22.00 x 17.50
Window Obstruction
Paul Partos
Drypoint, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 27.00 x 25.00
SOLD
Oblong Form (No 20)
Paul Partos
1986
Etching, roulette with watercolour on paper, Ed 3/10, 24.50 x 15.00
Oblong Form (No 20)
Paul Partos
1986
Etching, roulette with watercolour on paper, Ed 2/10, 24.50 x 15.00
Something There (No 18)
Paul Partos
1984 - 1986
Etching, engraving, drypoint with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 24.00 x 20.00
Echo (No 17)
Paul Partos
1982
Etching, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 24.50 x 20.50
Oblique Form (No 15)
Paul Partos
1982 - 1985
Etching, engraving, aquatint with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 24.00 x 18.00
Large Form (No 16)
Paul Partos
1982 - 1985
Etching, engraving, drypoint, sugar aquatint with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 39.50 x 30.00
Untitled (No 14)
Paul Partos
1983 - 1985
Etching, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed 1/5, 16.00 x 11.00
Untitled (No 14)
Paul Partos
1983 - 1985
Etching, engraving with watercolour on paper, Ed A/P, 16.00 x 11.00
SOLD
Untitled (No 13)
Paul Partos
1981 - 1984
Etching, soft ground with watercolour on paper, Ed 1/10, 19.00 x 16.00
Beyond (No 10)
Paul Partos
1980
Etching, drypoint with watercolour on paper, Ed 24/24, 19.00 x 15.00
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.