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Title
File 01: An Indian train journey / Peter Kingston
Creator
Peter Kingston, 1943-2022
Call number
PXA 7742
Level of description
file
Date

2007
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Prints
Reference code
9677673
Physical Description
28 prints (1 box) - linocut, ink, typescript - sheets 36 x 36 cm, in wooden box 40 x 40 x 4 cm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

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)
Scope and Content
Artist's book, consisting of 27 mounted linocuts printed on Japanese Iwaki Mulberry Paper, laid loose in a dark red linocut-printed folder; issued in a pine box, with an original linocut on the lid.
Language
English
Copying Conditions
In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Kingston
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy copyright holder
General note

Transferred from MRB/F36, February 2024
"This is the story of a pilgrimage to South India to ride on the legendary Nilgiri Mountain Steam Railway to witness how it survived for over a century in a progress mad world" --Leaf 2
See also: Similar edition at Call No. PXA 7725
Contributing Creator

Sydney, N.S.W. : Higginbothams Press, 2007
Version / edition note

Limited edition of 6 copies, hand numbered and signed by Peter Kingston. This copy is No. 6 of the Limited Edition.
Subject
Artists' books--Australia--Specimens.
Artists' books.
Linoleum block-printing, Australian.
India--Description and travel.
Place
India--Pictorial works.
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