Newspaper cuttings, 1955-1991

Component identifier:

Series 12

Content Summary:

The loose cuttings relate to Pugh and his work, beginning with reviews of one of his earliest exhibitions in 1955 and ending with newspaper coverage of his death in 1990. Cuttings include a 1973 article on Pugh's disenchantment with the Whitlam Government's arts policy, press coverage of his stobie pole painting 'Adam Eve' (1984), travel reports and sketches of Paris, Neumagen and Bruges (1986), and reports and sketches on his walkabout in the outbook with British novelist Naomi Mitchison (1978). Also in the cuttings is a 1991 newspaper report on the details of Pugh's will.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were purchased by the Library from the Dunmoochin Foundation, the Trustees of Clifton Pugh's Estate, in 1996.

Names:

Dunmoochin Foundation

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