Stock Exchange of Melbourne;
Corporate Collection, Sydney till 2012
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Michael Shannon
Construction: Thomson River Dam under Construction, 1984
Catalogue number: 25
charcoal and pastel on paper
69.00 x 49.00
signed & dated l.l.: Shannon 84; inscribed with title verso
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 26 November 2015 - 5 March 2016, no. 56
Literature & references:
Graeme Adamson, A Century of Change: The first hundred years of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne, Currey O'Neil Ross, Melbourne, 1984, p 217: The Stock Exchange of Melbourne, as part of its centenary celebrations, commissioned the distinguished Australian Landscape artist, Michael Shannon, to produce a series depicting various industries in Australia. The Michael Shannon Collection will hang at the Stock Exchange. Six of the works are reproduced in this book.
Note:
Plans for the dam began in the early 1970s and attracted opposition from conservationists and farmers. The Thomson River was selected due to both its large flow and elevation, and hence capacity to provide water, as well as hydroelectricity. The dam was overflowing in 1996, reached a low of 16.2% capacity in 2009, and was at about 50% in 2011.
Exhibition Catalogue
(The Pool - Heidelberg - View of the Yarra River towards Richmond from below McCubbin’s house, Kensington Road)
Frederick McCubbin
1910
oil on canvas, 49.50 x 75.00
(Central Australian Landscape)
Walter Ebatarinja
1955
watercolour on paper, 35.00 x 52.50
SOLD
Part of Avonsleigh (Moonlight, Avonsleigh)
Charles Blackman
1955
oil on paper on board, 97.00 x 130.00
Construction: Thomson River Dam under Construction
Michael Shannon
1984
charcoal and pastel on paper, 69.00 x 49.00
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.