Study for Red Gold
Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968
Study for Red Gold
1913
charcoal, coloured chalks on grey paper mounted on cardboard
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968
Study for Red Gold
1913
charcoal, coloured chalks on grey paper mounted on cardboard
- Place made
- Hahndorf, South Australia
- Medium
- charcoal, coloured chalks on grey paper mounted on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 41.8 x 51.3 cm (cardboard)
- Credit line
- Gift of Sir Edward Morgan 1965
- Accession number
- 652D1
- Media category
- Drawing
- Collection area
- Australian drawings
- Copyright
- © Chris Heysen
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WALL LABEL: Hans Heysen: The Creative Journey, 1992
From comparing this study to the finished painting we can see that Heysen’s main change has been to simplify and reduce the scale of the background trees to emphasize the two main heroic gums.
Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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Hans Heysen: The creative journey
Art Gallery of South Australia, 28 August 1992 – 10 January 1993Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, 19 June 1993 – 1 August 1993Newcastle Art Gallery, 15 October 1993 – 28 November 1993Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12 December 1993 – 26 January 1994Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 17 February 1994 – 27 March 1994Moree Plains Art Gallery, 9 April 1994 – 22 May 1994Riddoch Art Gallery, 3 June 1994 – 17 July 1994