John Perceval 1923-2000

CHILDREN AT ASPENDALE 1955

oil, tempera and enamel paint on composition board
signed and dated ''55 / Perceval' lower right
72.5 X 91.5CM

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Victoria

EXHIBITED
Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society of Australia, Preston Motors, Melbourne, 10-21 May 1955, no. 96, 'Children in the Sea', 50gns
Autumn Exhibition 1971: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 3-21 March 1971, no. 27, 'Children on the Beach at Aspendale', illustrated
John Perceval: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 10 July - 26 August 1984, no. 45
Innocence and Danger: An Artist's View of Childhood, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 6 June - 19 July 1987, no. 52, illustrated
John Perceval: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April - 12 July 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August - 20 September 1992, no. 53
The Changing Face of Melbourne 1841-1993, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne and Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 4 October - 6 November 1993, no. 95, illustrated
John Perceval: Painting down the Bay, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, 7 September - 17 October 2004, no. 6, illustrated

LITERATURE
Traudi Allen, John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 156
Barrett Reid, Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 23
Rod James, 'A Painter by Nature', in John Perceval: Painting Down the Bay, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2004, pp. 4 (illustrated), 5, 19

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, VICTORIA