Collection highlights

Rupert Bunny

Rupert Bunny 1864–1947
Mme Sadayakko as ‘Le Shogun’ (Scène de la Folie) (Previously known as The geisha girl) c.1907
oil on canvas
160.0 x 118.2 cm
The Stuartholme-Behan Collection of Australian Art, The University of Queensland

Robert Hawker Dowling

Robert Hawker Dowling 1827–1886
Werrat Kuyuut and the Mopor people, Spring Creek, Victoria 1856
oil on canvas
52.0 x 108.5 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of Marjorie Dowling, 1952.

Rosalie Gascoigne

Rosalie Gascoigne 1917–1999
Dolly boxes 1976 (detail)
wooden shelves, wooden boxes and plastic dolls
overall 40.0 x 160.0 x 28.5 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland. Purchased with the assistance of the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council, 1979.
Courtesy of the artist's estate and Viscopy.

Peter Hennessey

Peter Hennessey 1968–
My Humvee (Inversion therapy) 2008
wood, automotive enamel paint and aluminium
overall, 500 x 210 x 180 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of the Melbourne Art Fair Foundation, 2008.
Courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne

Rosemary Laing

Rosemary Laing 1959–
Aristide 2010
from the series 'leak'
type C photograph, edition 1/8
127 x 241 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2011
Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne

Dorothy Napangardi

Dorothy Napangardi c.1950–
Salt 2007
synthetic polymer paint on linen
201 x 307cm
Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2007
Courtesy of the artist and Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan 1917–1992
Untitled (Lovers and flowers) c.1942 (detail)
enamel and oil and ink on slate
Collection of The University of Queensland. Purchased with the assistance of the Alumni Association and the Peter Stuyvesant Cultural Foundation, 1977.
© Courtesy of the Bridgeman Art Library

Tony Tuckson

Tony Tuckson 1921–1973
No. 63 Variable 1965
synthetic polymer paint on board
two parts, overall 122.0 x 304.7 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 1978
Courtesy of the artist's estate

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