This work captures Preston’s modernist eye applied to the harbour suburb where she lived in the 1920s. Examples are held in major institutions and have featured prominently in landmark exhibitions, underscoring the importance of this print in her oeuvre. Auction appearances are relatively infrequent, with demand supported by the subject’s resonance for Sydney collectors.
Mosman bridge, 1927
EXHIBITIONS
Margaret Preston in Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, 7 Sep – 13 Oct 2002 (another impression, illus. in cat.);
Margaret Preston, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Jul – 23 Oct 2005 and touring (another impression);
Sydney Moderns: Art for a New World, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 Jul – 7 Oct 2013 (another impression).
LITERATURE
Draffin, N., Australian Woodcuts and Linocuts of the 1920s and 1930s. Melbourne: Sun Books, 1976, p. 35;
Deutscher, C., & Butler, R., A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900–1950. Melbourne: Deutscher Galleries, 1978, cat. 28, p. 21;
Butler, R., The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1987, cat. 113, p. 127;
Edwards, D., Peel, R., & Mimmocchi, D., Margaret Preston. Sydney: AGNSW, 2005, pp. 82, 286;
Edwards, D., & Mimmocchi, D. (eds.), Sydney Moderns: Art for a New World. Sydney: AGNSW, 2013, pp. 162, 315.
This work captures Preston’s modernist eye applied to the harbour suburb where she lived in the 1920s. Examples are held in major institutions and have featured prominently in landmark exhibitions, underscoring the importance of this print in her oeuvre. Auction appearances are relatively infrequent, with demand supported by the subject’s resonance for Sydney collectors.
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