Fine Art - Robert Dickerson - Woman in Rain

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Description - Hand signed and titled Artist's Proof by listed artist Robert Dickerson (1924 - )
Medium - Aquatint
Signature - Signed in pencil lower right 'R. Dickerson'
Title Of Work - 'Women in the Rain'
Image Size - 300mm x 400mm
Framed Size -  550mm x 670mm
Condition of Image - Excellent
Condition of Frame - Good

Robert Dickerson, one of Australia's best known figurative painters and his career spans more than 5 decades. Growing up in inner-city Sydneyn during the Great Depression, Dickerson left school at the age of 14. He turned his hand at a variety of jobs, including working in various factories, professional boxing, as a member of the RAAF and green keeping - painting in his spare time using any available material. The hardships that Dickerson went through in these early years of his career are evident in his work, a sense of vulnerability, isolation, loneliness as well as humour are all hallmarks of his paintings.

He has held over 100 solo exhibitions throughout his extensive career. A retrospective of his work was held at Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne in 1993. The National Gallery of Australia and all State Galleries hold works by Dickerson in their collections as well as many Regional Galleries. Works by Dickerson also grace the walls of numerous corporate and private collections throughout Australia and overseas.

He is listed in the following standard biographical references:
McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 378
Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 177
Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 304

Over 2000 works by Robert Dickerson have been sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand by Auction Houses including: Joel's, Deutscher-Menzies, Sotheby's, Christies, Lawson~Menzies, Stanley & Co and Elders Fine Art.

Highest Price at Auction - $25,585
'Child in Bush', $107,000, Enamel and sand on board, incised 'Dickerson' lower right, 181.2 x 121 cm, Christies Melbourne 28/06/2000, Lot No. 11.

Comparable Works Sold at Auction
'Legal Eagles', $1,320 Etching A/P, signed, titled and numbered below image, 45 x 29 cm, Lawson~Menzies, 12/02/2006, Lot No. 69.

'The Dance II', $1,387 Aquatint and etching, signed in pencil below image, 39.6 x 50 cm, Joel's Melbourne 01/05/2001, Lot No. G80.

Authentication And Guarantees - Painting bears artist's signature lower right.

Terms of Sale - An invoice will generally be sent within 24 hours of the Auction close and payment is expected within 5 business days after notification of total cost including shipping, unless otherwise (mutually) agreed before the final bid. We will endeavour to ship the item within 2 business days of receipt of full payment.