Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1991-92

C O L L E C T I O N DEVELOPMENT Watson, Sleeping in New York, and drawings by Micky Allan and Denise Green were acquired through the Contemporary BARR FLIGHT& BARR (WORCESTER) A r t Acquisition Program. England c.1807-13 Australian prints and drawings continued to receive strong support, with a portfolio of fourteen aquatints by Brent Harris Tea-set c.1810 Hard-paste porcelain slip-cast and major photographic images by Julie Brown-Rrap and Milan Milojevic being acquired. The computer-generated co/our with cobalt undergiaze and - - . red and green overglaze photograph by Csaba Szamosy expands the parameters of the Collection, as do the forty political posters acquired through colours and gilt the generous support of Linda Carroll and the John Darnell Bequest. The latter group builds on the 191 exhibition 'Signs teapot and lid: 16.4 x 26 x 13.5cm (complete) of the Times. teapot stand: 2.3 x 20 x 14cm The major acquisition in international art was the notable German neo-expressionist artist Georg Baselitz's lm Wald ii x 15.3 x 9cm sugar bowl: 12 x 20 x i 1cm 1990, which adds a significant dimension to his holdings in Australian public collections. A print by Max Beckmann, Landschaft six coffee cups: 6 x 6 x 8.6cm mit ba//on, demonstrates an earlier phase of expressionism. A wax bust of Madame Russell by Auguste Rodin, one of four six tea cups: 6.5 x 8 x 10.9cm known, establishes the connection between Australia's most significant impressionist artist, John Peter Russel, and the social (each) and cultural milieu in Paris at the end of last century. Picasso's drypoint Les saltimbanques performs a similar role with the six saucers 3 x i icm (diam, each) Gallery's Doux pays by Puvis de Chavannes. three plates: 20cm (diam., In the decorative arts, the international art glass collections were developed with works from Gallé, Tiffany, Orrefors, each) three fiat plates: 20.5cm and Finnish designer Kaj Franck. Four examples of Australian studio glass (by Judy Bohm-Parr, Tony Hanning, Chuck Simpson (diam.. each) scalloped oval dish: 4 x 28.4 and Velta Vilmanis) were added. Historical and contemporary Australian ceramics were acquired, while the most significant x 20 5cm ceramic acquisition was a Barr, Flight and Barr (Worcester) tea-service c.1810 gifted by Mrs J. Ellis. Acc. 1992.072.001-22 Gift of Mrs Jessica Ellis in memory of her parents. ' I Charles and Beatrice Pnnnvh OO hLO elf PETYARRE Gb sTamerra strata bc 1945 Arnkrnnel9l polymer paint on - nvas yoll- xiy,0x73cm - A ' t ' $ t M t t r a . L : Q Uf1L J, % , . 2 I N c 1992 060 50 f *103 ACV I - se *hu.uas c,ua.sjauin xa'tfVrWIt ( \ TOKONAME ' - - ' 4 e ' ' ..7an (Muromachi Period) Tea leaf storage jar c o I built stoneware with fly — r.. wE glaze and kiln deposit ste FrnEjut - 2 x 531cm (diam) IM 1992.071 i i w a u i 1 w s s s t a w s n u . . e i 1 T t u j Q L m w x r t n t s 1-I.II I chased 1992 with funds - m lames 0 Fairfax through the Queensland Art Galery Foundation e sH5 S PS135 W.. 50 ,izrtsflni'uw4h risms,u sesisLa c s r t t e ses11Th1i 15