Australian (b. 1957)
Richard III (2008)
Hand-drawn lithograph
19.5cm by 20.5cm
Edition of 40
Signed and dated ‘Clinch ’08’ lower right
Provenance:
Robert Clinch, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Collections:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (ed. 2/40); The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Exhibited:
‘Black & White‘, Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide, 2008 (another example)
‘Solitary Perspectives‘, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, 2009 (another example)
‘Lithographs, Drawings & Egg Tempera‘, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 2009 (another example)
‘Themes & Variations‘, Manningham Gallery, City of Manningham, 2010 (another example)
‘Real Life: Stories from the Inner Suburbs‘, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, 2011 (another example)
‘Robert Clinch‘, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2011 (another example)
‘Parallel Lines; Recent work by Robert Clinch and Peter Serwan‘, Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, 2011 (another example)
‘Robert Clinch: Fanfare for the common man‘, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat; Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, 2013
‘Robert Clinch: Sounds of Silence‘, The National Museum in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, 2014 (another example)
Literature:
David Thomas, Julie Collett, ‘Robert Clinch: Fanfare for the common man’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 2013, (illustrated p. 60).
‘Richard III‘ is another work by Clinch with a Shakespearean connection. At the end of the Middle Ages in England, then Duke of Gloucester, Richard has his nephews, the rightful king Edward V and his younger brother locked in the tower of London. The boys were never seen alive after this event and the treacherous uncle was swiftly crowned Richard III. In this work, the king is stood over the two fallen knights. The familial relation is noted by the fact that the king is the same black as the knights. The two remaining knights flanking the king may be suggestive of Richard’s short-lasted reign as he would be defeated in battle two years later by Henry Tudor.