Collection 3: Peter Kingston papers, sketchbooks, drawings, and printing materials

sub-fonds

approximately 1950, 1964-2021

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Prints, Watercolours, Ephemera, Clippings, Objects

9677530

0.62 metres of textual material (2 boxes, 1 outsize box), includes photographs - manuscript, typescript, clippings, ephemera
1 videodisc (12 min.) - DVD - 12 cm
6 drawings and 1 print (1 folder) - pencil, ink, watercolour, paint - 79 x 66 cm, and smaller
71 printing plates - copper, zinc - 20 x 25 cm, and smaller
19 printing blocks - linoleum - 30 x 30 cm, and smaller

Peter Kingston, Sydney painter, printmaker and cartoonist, was born in Sydney in 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. Kingston was also one of the key figures in Martin Sharp’s Yellow House. He was a fierce campaigner for Sydney’s heritage, including Luna Park, bush land near his Lavender Bay home or the ferries on Sydney Harbour. The Harbour, the bridge, the ferries, iconic buildings, and the bushy foreshores became dominant subjects in his later paintings. 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. He died in 2022.

References:
Australian Galleries
https://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/peter-kingston/ (Accessed 17 January 2024)
Design and Art Australia Online
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/peter-kingston/biography/ (Accessed 17 January 2024)

Material was in custody of Peter Kingston until his death in 2022. Before his death, Kingston indicated that he wanted the material in this collection to go to the State Library of New South Wales

SERIES 1
Kingston manuscript and printed material, includes photographs, with short film 'Sharknet Seahorses of Balmoral'

SERIES 2
Kingston drawings and prints

SERIES 3
Kingston etching plates and relief printing plates

SERIES 4
Kingston linoleum printing blocks

Please see Series level records for further detail and call numbers.

Access via appointment - Applies to Series 3 and Series 4

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Kingston
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy copyright holder

Nine artists' books were also acquired with this collection.

The following artists' books have been catalogued at the following call numbers:
A-Z, 1987: Call no. MRB/F122
Bed of Oysters, 1999: Call no. TBA
Indian Train Journey, 2007: Call no. PXA 7725
Foxie Tails, 1989: Call no. MRB/F119
Holiday in Italy, 1988: Call no. MRB/F121
Mountain Relief, 1998: Call no. TBA
Showtime: Daybills by Peter Kingston, 2016: Call no. MRB/Q144
Sydney Deckie, 2022: Call no. MRB/F120
Wheel of Fortune, 1987: Call no. TBA