South Mine with Water Tank, 2000 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
South Mine with Water Tank, 2000 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
About this item
Full title
Date
2000
Call Numbers
XV/185
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - visible image 49.5 x 85 cm, on paper 68.5 x 99.5 cm - charcoal on paper
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Jeff Rigby
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jeff Rigby
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Charcoal and wash drawing, 2000, from the artists Broken Hill series in the Places of Industry collection, exhibited in 2006
Alternative Titles
Full title
South Mine with Water Tank, 2000 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
Notes
General note
Exhibited in 'Places of Industry; When Workers Unite', Trades and Labor Council, Broken Hill, 2006
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right 'Jeff Rigby 2000'. Inscribed lower right margin, 'South Mine with Water Tank'.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Robin Gibson Gallery, 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Gold was first discovered in the Barrier Ranges near Broken Hill in the 1860s, although the key period of lucrative exploration for gold, silver, tin and lead did not really begin until 1875, and lasted about 10 years. In 1883, Charles Rasp collected samples of what he thought was tin and these turned out to be the largest and richest lodes of silv...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/185
Record Identifier
YK5rpL8n
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5rpL8n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1006333
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