Private Collection, NSW;
to Bloomfield Galleries, 1989;
to Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1989;
to Private Collection, Sydney, since then

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Ralph Balson
Matter Painting (Painting No. 11), 1960
Catalogue number: 2
enamel on board
122.00 x 91.50
signed and dated l.r.
Ralph Balson, Gallerie Creuze, Paris, Nov, 1960;
Balson - Matter paintings, Gallery A, 1969, Sydney and Melbourne; one of two works this size; the other, 'landscape' format, is in the NGA, Canberra;
Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1989;
What's the Matter?, Charles Nodrum Gallery, August 5 - 28 2004, no. 4
Elwyn Lynn, review of the Gallery A show, The Bulletin, June 7 1969, p. 46, illus;
Daniel Thomas, 'Black is beautiful', Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, 25 May 1969 in reference specifically to the black and white paintings: “…. the grandest, most museum-worthy, most aristocratic paintings ever made …”;
Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1989, illus;
Abstraction II, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Oct 2002, illus;
David Petrius, High achievement or creative byway: the erratic reception of Ralph Balson's 'Matter' panitngs, unpublished MA thesis, QUT, Brisbane 2003, illustrated plate 13.
The correct title 'Painting No 11' is from previous catalogues (Information from David Pestorius in 2004).
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