Guide to the Papers of Rosalie Gascoigne
MS Acc10.126
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Miles Staniforth Carter Smith
Rosalie Gascoigne - Title
- Papers of Rosalie Gascoigne
- Date Range
- 1960-1994
- Collection Number
- MS Acc10.126
- Extent
- 6.10 metres (28 boxes) + 1 roll + 1 map fol.
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises catalogues, correspondence and reviews of all of Gascoigne's solo and some of her group exhibitions; correspondence between Gascoigne and dealers, personal correspondence, writings on poetry and Gascoigne's early creative life, publications which have used or refer to Gascoigne's work, her Order of Australia insignia and citation and other official documents, material relating to her overseas travels and exhibitions and a list of books held in her art library.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4836962).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Rosalie Gascoigne, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor. Rosalie Gascoigne began sculpting using scrap iron and wooden boxes whilst raising her children at Mt Stromlo, where her husband Ben Gascoigne worked as an astronomer. Gascoigne's first serious exhibition was at Ann Lewis' Gallery A in Paddington, New South Wales, in 1974. Four years later she had become a major figure in the Australian art world, with a survey at the National Gallery of Victoria. She showed at the Venice Biennale in 1982, the first Australian female artist to do so. In 1994 she became a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for service to the arts. Gascoigne died in Canberra in 1999.
Item Descriptions
Class MS Acc09.203. Original Consignment
MS Acc09.203 comprises publicity posters for Rosalie Gascoigne's exhibitions and posters featuring her work. Also included is a collection of local maps of the Canberra-Lake George-Goulburn area used by Gascoigne to identify material for her artwork (1 roll).
Class MS Acc10.045. Consignment Received 12/3/2010
The Acc10.045 instalment comprises catalogues, correspondence and reviews of all of Gascoigne's solo and some of her group exhibitions; correspondence between Gascoigne and dealers including Macquarie Galleries (Canberra), Gallery A (Sydney), Ray Hughes (Brisbane), Pinacotheca (Melbourne), Roslyn Oxley (Sydney) and Greenaway Gallery (Adelaide); financial diaries, engagement diaries and calendars, address book, notebook; correspondence with artists and art experts including Peter Booth, Robert Owen, John Armstrong, Robert Klippel, Vicki Varvaressos, Carl Plate, Sue Norrie, Ewan McDonald, Gay Hawkes, Ken Whisson, Lorna Chick, John Brock, Peter Fay, Tony Twigg, Ann Lewis, James Mollison, Ian North, John McPhee, Louise Pether, Ron Radford, Peter Townsend and Lucy Lippard; files of miscellaneous papers, cuttings and publications (organised chronologically); correspondence with friends, including congratulatory notes on AM award; and, collections of images of animals and art books used as sources for collage materials (24 boxes).
Series. RG Exhibitions
Includes catalogues, correspondence and reviews of solo and group exhibitions with Rosalie's work, to 2010. Loose papers are filed in ring bound files. Exhibition posters transferred Dec 2009 are filed separately.
Contents include papers on all solo exhibitions, but some group shows are not represented. Correspondence from Rosalie's exhibiting galleries - mostly exhibition accounts - is filed separately (refer to Box 13).
Series. RG's Dealers - Box 13 (MS Acc10.045)
Correspondence, mostly exhibition accounts, two ring-bound files.
Series. RG art production - Box 14 (MS Acc10.045)
Comprising SCBG's catalogue c. 2000 (two volumes).
Series. Diaries and calendars; address books; note books, 1940-2004 - Box 15-16 (MS Acc10.045)
Financial diaries recording data for tax purposes incl. costs and sources of materials, locations and mileage of country driving trips, dates of interstate travels etc. Engagement diaries/calendars/address books etc.
Series. RG and other artists - Box 17-19 (MS Acc10.045)
Letters, cards to/from artists and art world people plus some related cuttings and catalogues.
Series. RG art materials from 1970s and early 1980s, 1940-2004 - Box 20 (MS Acc10.045)
Four plastic bags with collections of Arnott's parrots, NORCO cows, sheep and cow images, and art books (often multiple copies) used as sources for collage materials.
Series 1. Chronological files 1974-2000 - Box 21-23 (MS Acc10.045)
Three boxes containing RG's collection of miscellaneous papers, cuttings and publications [five ring-bound files].
Class MS Acc10.126. Consignment Received 29/7/2010
The Acc10.126 instalment comprises personal correspondence, writings on poetry and Gascoigne's early creative life, publications which have used or refer to Gascoigne's work, her Order of Australia insignia and citation and other official documents, material relating to her overseas travels and exhibitions and a list of books held in her art library. This addition also includes a small number of letters and poems sent by Rosemary Dobson to Rosalie Gascoigne (4 boxes, 1 map fol.).