John Perceval (1923 - 2000)

MOSES AND THE WATERLILIES, 1987

oil and tempera on composition board

68.0 x 97.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: ‘87 / Perceval
signed and dated verso: Perceval / ‘87

Private collection, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist

John Perceval: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April – 12 July 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 August – 20 September 1992 (label attached verso)

Reid, B., Of Dark and Light: The Art of John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 63 (illus.)

Moses and the Dragonflies, 1969, private collection, Melbourne, in Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 88 (illus.)
Moses and the Insects, 1969/70, whereabouts unknown, in Allen, T., John Perceval, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992, p. 89 (illus.)