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Guy Warren Covid-19 isolation notebooks, April-June 2020

Guy Warren Covid-19 isolation notebooks, April-June 2020

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM70jRVY

Guy Warren Covid-19 isolation notebooks, April-June 2020

About this item

Full title

Guy Warren Covid-19 isolation notebooks, April-June 2020

Author / Creator

Date

April-June 2020

Record Identifier

nM70jRVY

Reference Code

9653323

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

170 drawings in 2 volumes - water, gouache and pencil on paper

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Level of description

Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Two notebooks of drawings and some text, containing images of human figures and landscapes, in a abstract expressionist and primativist style.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Guy Warren Covid-19 isolation notebooks, April-June 2020

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from King Street Gallery, September 2020

Administrative / Biographical history

Guy Warren is an Australian artist, born in Goulburn in1921. He will turn 100 in April 2021. During 2020, Warren remained isolated at home in Sydney and spent each day producing a new work in his notebooks, annotating the pages with the dates on which he created them. The works illustrate the impact ofthe COVID-19 lockdown on Warren's thoughts, fea...

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Record Identifier

nM70jRVY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM70jRVY

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Reference code

9653323

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