Study for Mystic Morn

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Study for Mystic Morn
1904
charcoal on paper mounted on cardboard
Place made
Adelaide
Medium
charcoal on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
43.0 x 62.5 cm (cardboard)
Credit line
Elder Bequest Fund 1970
Accession number
705D8
Signature and date
Signed and dated in image l.l., pen & ink "HANS HEYSEN 1904"
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian drawings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen

  • WALL LABEL: Hans Heysen: The Creative Journey, 1992

     

    This is a completed compositional study for the painting Mystic Morn.  In it we can see that Heysen initially contemplated having a figure walking beside the cow on the far left. Very faint grid lines indicate the way that Heysen transferred the design to the larger scale of the canvas.

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • Hans Heysen: The creative journey

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 28 August 1992 – 10 January 1993
    Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, 19 June 1993 – 1 August 1993
    Newcastle Art Gallery, 15 October 1993 – 28 November 1993
    Art Gallery of Western Australia, 12 December 1993 – 26 January 1994
    Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 17 February 1994 – 27 March 1994
    Moree Plains Art Gallery, 9 April 1994 – 22 May 1994
    Riddoch Art Gallery, 3 June 1994 – 17 July 1994

  • Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art

    National Gallery of Victoria, 22 March 2019 – 22 July 2019