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Felicia Kan<br />
Reservoir 1998<br />
type C photograph on aluminium, 120.0 x 79.5 cm<br />
Viktoria Marinov Bequest Fund 1999<br />
most admired ‘classic’ wares <strong>of</strong> China; an earthenware<br />
‘hill jar’ <strong>of</strong> the Han dynasty; and a hanging scroll by Qi<br />
Baishi. These three pieces were amongst a group <strong>of</strong> seven<br />
presented by an anonymous donor. Other gifts to the<br />
Chinese collection included fine imperial porcelain from<br />
the J.H. Myrtle collection, an energetic hand handscroll<br />
painting by Lu Yanshao, a gift <strong>of</strong> Lee Teck-Chiow, and two<br />
early rare rank badges, gifts <strong>of</strong> Judith and Ken Rutherford.<br />
The Ifould Family presented several traditional<br />
Japanese ukiyo-e prints by important artists, welcome<br />
additions to our collection <strong>of</strong> this classical genre <strong>of</strong> Japanese<br />
art. And through the Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund, important<br />
acquisitions <strong>of</strong> the work <strong>of</strong> 20th century ‘creative print’<br />
artists such as Onchi Kochiro added to the growing<br />
significance <strong>of</strong> the Art Gallery’s Japanese modern collection.<br />
The finest and most significant acquisitions to our<br />
<strong>South</strong> and southeast Asian collections were made through<br />
the very generous bequest <strong>of</strong> the late Alex Biancardi, a<br />
discerning collector. His legacy <strong>of</strong> rare bronzes, sculptures<br />
and textiles was enhanced by the purchase <strong>of</strong> additional<br />
pieces from his collection through the D.G. Wilson<br />
Bequest Fund, giving depth and meaning to collections<br />
previously notable for their paucity <strong>of</strong> good pieces.<br />
12<br />
Giorgio Morandi<br />
Natura Morta 1933<br />
etching in black and brown ink, 23.8 x 24.3 cm<br />
Gift <strong>of</strong> Margaret Olley 1999<br />
Western Art<br />
An important 18th century drawing by George<br />
Romney, A Study <strong>of</strong> Two Women, was purchased with<br />
funds provided by the Parramore Bequest for the<br />
collection <strong>of</strong> European art before 19<strong>00</strong>. While Romney is<br />
generally ranked third in importance amongst British<br />
portrait painters <strong>of</strong> the period after Reynolds and<br />
Gainsborough, in drawing he was one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
vigorous and spontaneous artists <strong>of</strong> the British school.<br />
Three gifts from Margaret Olley were important<br />
additions to international modern and contemporary art:<br />
Giorgio Morandi’s Natura Morta, Pierre Bonnard’s<br />
Promenade des Nourrices and Madame Prosper-Emile<br />
Weil a son bureau by Edouard Vuillard. Two major<br />
purchases for the international print collection were the<br />
lithograph La Baignoire by Pierre Bonnard, printed under<br />
his direction by Jacques Villon, and the recently released<br />
etching Garden in Winter by Lucian Freud.<br />
Key acquisitions <strong>of</strong> contemporary Australian art<br />
included a 26 panel painting, Revisionary, by Guan Wei,<br />
supported by the Rudy Komon Memorial Fund. The<br />
Contemporary Collection Benefactors enabled the Art<br />
Gallery to purchase the sculpture Cash Crop by Fiona Hall,<br />
Spanish Journal by Peter Atkins, and major works by Marion<br />
Borgelt, Janet Burchill, Adam Cullen and Judith Wright.