Gardenia
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
54.2 × 45.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1942
© Margaret Preston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black pencil l.r.: Margaret R Preston / 1929
Accession Number
1146-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Botanical Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
flower (plant material) flower pieces flower vases Gardenia (genus) grey (colour)
Frame
Reproduction, 2002, based on frames contemporary with the painting and a photograph of the original frame from 1942
Frame
The former framing of Gardenia carries the John Thallon business label with a 24 Market Lane address which dates the frame anywhere from 1927 through to the 1960’s.
In this instance photographic evidence of the painting in a different frame dates the Thallon frame to after 1942, the year the painting was acquired.
It is possible the Thallon frame was put on the painting by the NGV.
A new frame, based on the 1942 photograph of the original frame, and other frames contemporary with the painting, was constructed in 2002.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Reproduction - crafted by the NGV
Date
2002
Materials
timber and paint