Pastorale
Date
circa 1929-30
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Object Detail
Catalogue number
FH0907
Date
circa 1929-30
Brief Description
Hodgkins was familiar with the ideas behind Surrealism and Cubism from her many visits to France. While Cubism in its various forms experimented with the depiction of forms in space, Surrealism focused in part on a search for a language that gives form to an inner life that can only be evoked, never described. Hodgkins creates similar effects in Pastorale -the buildings loom above a stream, which also seems to rise upright, in an organic form.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
763 x 635 mm
Collection
Institutional number
1982/46/4
Credit line
Auckland
Art
Gallery
Toi
o
Tāmaki,
purchased
1982
Subject place
Provenance
Lefevre Galleries, London, England, 1938.
Donald Whyte, San Francisco, United States of America.
Purchased by Auckland City Art Gallery (now Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki) from Donald Whyte, 1982.
Donald Whyte, San Francisco, United States of America.
Purchased by Auckland City Art Gallery (now Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki) from Donald Whyte, 1982.
Exhibition history
References
E H McCormick, Late Attachment: Frances Hodgkins & Maurice Garnier, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, 1988| p. 14 (ill.)
Iain Buchanan, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Eastmond, Frances Hodgkins: Paintings and Drawings, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1994| p. 134 (ill.)
Ted Gott, Laurie Benson, Sophie Matthiesson, Modern Britain, 1900-1960: Masterworks from Australian and New Zealand Collections, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007| 90
Linda Gill, Pastorale: The Pursuit of an Image in Paintings by Frances Hodgkins, Bridgehill Books, 2015| p. 27 (colour ill.) ; p. 47 (colour ill.)
Mary Kisler, Finding Frances Hodgkins, Massey University Press, 2019| p. [86] (colour ill. 10)
Arthur Howell, Frances Hodgkins: Four Vital Years, Rockliff, London, 1951| p. 119
Catherine Hammond, Mary Kisler, Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys, Auckland University Press, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, 2019| p. [122] (colour ill. 6.21)
Iain Buchanan, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Eastmond, Frances Hodgkins: Paintings and Drawings, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1994| p. 134 (ill.)
Ted Gott, Laurie Benson, Sophie Matthiesson, Modern Britain, 1900-1960: Masterworks from Australian and New Zealand Collections, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007| 90
Linda Gill, Pastorale: The Pursuit of an Image in Paintings by Frances Hodgkins, Bridgehill Books, 2015| p. 27 (colour ill.) ; p. 47 (colour ill.)
Mary Kisler, Finding Frances Hodgkins, Massey University Press, 2019| p. [86] (colour ill. 10)
Arthur Howell, Frances Hodgkins: Four Vital Years, Rockliff, London, 1951| p. 119
Catherine Hammond, Mary Kisler, Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys, Auckland University Press, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, 2019| p. [122] (colour ill. 6.21)