Title

Contemporary British prints and drawings, selected from the Wakefield Collection.

Venues

Victoria And Albert Museum (12 March 1947 – 12 April 1947)

Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. (1 July 1947 – 31 July 1947)

National Gallery Of South Australia (6 August 1947 – unknown)

Royal Exhibition Building (16 September 1947 – 30 November 1947)

Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery (1 December 1947 – Unknown)

National Art Gallery Of New South Wales (1 January 1948 – unknown)

Queensland Art Gallery [1]. (1 April 1948 – 18 April 1948)

National Art Gallery [New Zealand] (26 August 1948 – 15 September 1948)

Date

(1947 – 1948)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: England; Australia (WA, SA, VIC, TAS, NSW, QLD); New Zealand; Fiji.

Documentation

(1947-48) 14 p. ill. 223 items.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

 An exhibition of prints and drawings from the Wakefield Collection selected by James Laver, with advice from Campbell Dodgson of the British Museum. This Collection of prints and works on paper comprised the first works of art purchased for the British Council and was funded by a donation of £3,000 from the industrialist Lord Wakefield. A catalogue, with a brief introduction by Major Longden, then Director of the Fine Arts Department, accompanied the show. No ISBN number.

The exhibition was toured extensively in New Zealand; other than the venues shown below the tour included Christchurch, Invercargill, New Plymouth, Hawera, Palmerston North and Tauranga. A selection of works was assembled for a single day's showing in Dannevirke, Takapan and Waipukuran.

For the Fijian showing the exhibition was edited down to 50 etchings and wood engravings. Following the showing in Suva the exhibition travelled to Lautoka, Vatukola and Nausori.

[British Council Collection website, 2010]
 

Last Updated

02 Dec 2020