File 09: Sheilas : a companion to Gents / Peter Kingston

PXA 7743

file

2018

Graphic Materials, Prints

9677680

7 prints (1 box) - linocut, ink, typescript - sheets 29 x 32 cm, in wooden box 40 x 40 x 4 cm

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)

Unbound artists' book containing 5 linoprints, with a printed title page and printed cover attached to box. On Iwaki Mulberry paper using Sakura inks, and tracing paper inserts featuring quotations. The prints are housed in a handmade wooden box and is a companion volume to Gents.

Contents:
Sheilas : a companion to Gents [Title page]
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

Tanya
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

Lilly of the Valley
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

Mandy - cryptic x-word
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

Emma Walker
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

Lynne Segal
Numbered 1/5, signed and dated by artist

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

See also: Similar edition at Call No. PXD 1534
Transferred from HF 2018/0043, February 2024

Number 1 of 5 limited edition copies