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CLIFTONPUGH1924-1990ApostleBirdsandSwampGums1959oilonboard68.5x91cmsignedanddatedlowerrightProvenanceWarrenandBuntyBonythonAdelaide.LiteratureNoelMacainshCliftonPughGeorgianHouseMelbourne1962p.15.RelatedworkMeetingoftheApostleBirds1958NoelMacainshCliftonPughGeorgianHouseMelbourne1962plate25.8CLIFTONPUGH1924-1990SpringWrens1976oilonboard60x75cmsignedanddatedlowerrightProvenanceRealitiesGalleryMelbournePrivateCollectionMelbourneacquiredfromtheabovein1977.ExhibitedCliftonPughTheFourSeasonsRealitiesGalleryMelbourneSeptember1977cat.no.8.ThesetwoSpringpaintingswerepaintedfouryearspriortoCliftonPughsfamousportraitofGoughWhitlamthatwonthe1972ArchibaldPrize.9CLIFTONPUGH1924-1990SpringPlaceofLittleBirds1976oilonboard65x44.5cmsignedanddatedlowerrightProvenanceRealitiesGalleryMelbournePrivateCollectionMelbourneacquiredfromtheabovein1977.ExhibitedCliftonPughTheFourSeasonsRealitiesGalleryMelbourneSeptember1977cat.no.9.Towardstheendof1951PughmovedfromthecityareaofMelbournetoruggedbush-landnearCottlesBridgeaboutthirtymilesfromMelbourne.Hebuiltahouseoutofmaterialsonsite-claystonesandbushtimber.Fortwelvemonthshedidlittlepaintingbutday-after-daywalkedoverthesurroundingbush-landobservingtheappearanceofhisnewenvironmentthefalloflightinitsunendingvariationsofcolourandintensitythetexturelineandvolumeoftreeanimalandrock.Heobservedtheendlessvisualinter-relationsbetweenthingsandaboveallunceasinglysensedthequalityoflifeexpressedinallthathesaw.RefNoelMacainshCliftonPughGeorgianHouseMelbourne1962p.4.10