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Title
File 10: Sheilas : a companion to Gents / Peter Kingston
Creator
Peter Kingston, 1943-2022
Call number
PXD 1534
Level of description
file
Date

2020
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Prints, Photographs
Reference code
9657974
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
34 prints (1 box) - sheets 29 x 32 cm, in wooden box 40 x 40 x 4 cm - linocut, ink, typescript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Peter Kingston was born in Sydney 1943 and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 from the University of New South Wales, where he studied architecture and arts. He was a Pop artist in the 1970s and has exhibited since 1978 in Sydney and New York. He has been included in several group exhibitions including the Dobell Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1993 and 2000, the Wynne Prize between 1995 and 2003, and the Sulman Prize between 1998 and 2001. He tutored in architecture at the University of Sydney and was artist in residence at Haefliger Cottage at Hill End, NSW in 1995. His work is held by major Australian galleries, libraries and museums, and internationally in Belgium, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

References:
Australian Galleries
http://www.australiangalleries.com.au (accessed 18 January 2021)
Design and Art Australia Online
https://www.daao.org.au (accessed 18 January 2021)
Scope and Content
Unbound artist book containing 34 linoprints (including two prints on front and back covers) using Sakura inks on Iwaki mulberry supports on Rising Stonehenge interleaved with quotes on overlays of Schoellershammer paper and housed in a wooden box. Each print is accompanied by a short typescript description by the artist on his subject. Additional full page 'Timeline' and postscript added to collection in July 2021.

Contents (unnumbered):
Front and back cover: after Thea Waddell
Jane Watters
Lynne Segal
The Andreas-Evatt sisters Part I [Penelope and Elizabeth]
The Andreas-Evatt sisters Part II
Queen Elizabeth II
June Dally-Watkins
Quentin Bryce
Robyn Nevin
Victoria Roberts
Jennifer Towndrow-Wilson
Tanya Lewers-Crothers
Elizabeth Cummings
Lady Sonia McMahon
Judy, Anne, Gail & Amanda
Margaret Ramard
Rosie Napurrurla Tasman [accompanied by a reproduction of her seed dreaming etching]
Su Duval
Ita Buttrose
Noreen Hennessy
Janet Storrier
Julia Gillard
Jan Cork
Wendy Whiteley
Kerry Lester
Rosaleen Norton
Mandy Wright (Mandy Barrett)
Fairlie Kingston
"Galmara", the residence of Margaret Thorsborne, in Edmund Kennedy National Park, Queensland
Jane Watters
Thea Waddell
Juanita Neilson
Access Conditions
Partly restricted: Print with addendum may not be displayed or copied.
Copying Conditions
In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Kingston
Reproduction Restricted: Print with addendum may not be reproduced.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Description source

Title from container and cover print.
Variant title

Title on colophon: Sheilas (a companion to Gents and Blokes) by Peter Kingston
General note

See also: Similar edition at Call No. PXA 7743
Contributing Creator

Published by Ginger Meggs School of Arts, 2020. Assembled by Nicholas Pounder at the sign of the Polar Bear. Box by Ian Mcleod.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Colophon is signed by the artist with a dedication to Jerelynn Brown. Each print is also signed by the artist.
Version / edition note

One of three copies only.
Subject
Artists' books--New South Wales--Sydney--Specimens.
Artists' books.
Women--Australia--Portraits.
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