Turkeys

Hans Heysen
Australia
8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968

Turkeys
c 1914-20
charcoal on paper
Place made
Hahndorf, South Australia
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
12.8 x 20.3 cm
Credit line
Bequest of the artist 1971
Accession number
711HH866
Media category
Drawing
Collection area
Australian drawings
Copyright
© Chris Heysen
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams

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

     

    The composition of Bronzewings and saplings is a combination of studies of turkeys from several drawings.  Two of the birds in the study-drawing Turkeys were the basis for the turkeys in the right foreground.

     

    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