Physical description
Portrait of a nude woman with dark hair seated at a table with a bouquet of flowers against a turquoise background.
Inscriptions & markings
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 16-17 April '82'.
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Portrait of a nude woman with dark hair seated at a table with a bouquet of flowers against a turquoise background.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 16-17 April '82'.
Red chalk line drawing of the head of a man with glasses.
Inscribed in pencil lower left ' Clif Pugh by Bert Irvin'. Signed and dated in red chalk lower right 'Irvin '83'.
bert irvin, drawing, conte, clifton pugh, portrait
Oil pastel drawing depicting a reclining female nude with parrot.
Signed and dated lower right 'Perceval '82'.
john perceval, drawing, oil pastel, female nude, parrot
Portrait of a seated woman with short red hair, black turtle neck and blue skirt with multiple figures in background.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton Feb 55'. Label on reverse: 'Lauraine Diggins/ Cat no. 29/ Portrait of Pat Tozer/ Oil on Particle board/ exhibited - The Antipodeans'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, pat tozer
Painting depicting a four piece mural of an abstract design.
Inscribed in chalk on frame lower left 'Sketch for Ceramic Mural'. Inscribed on reverse of frame "Donald Laycock/ Design for a Mural 1954'.
donald laycock, painting, ceramic mural
Thick impasto painting depicting a bird's eye view of the city of Melbourne and the Yarra river.
Signed and dated 'Eric Stewart 1962'.
eric stewart, painting, landscape, melbourne, yarra river
Portrait of a man with dark hair wearing a turtleneck jumper and blazer seated in front of a bookshelf with books.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton 1967'. Inscribed on reverse in chalk: upper left 'A24 Youngs', lower right 'Archibald 1967' and lower centre 'Clifton Pugh Hurstbridge Vic'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, archibald prize, noel macainsh
Painting depicting a female nude with dark hair standing in a landscape with lake and three white trees.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton '63'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, landscape, marlene, female nude
Portrait of a middle aged man with dark hair wearing a pink shirt and black tie in a rainforest setting.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton March 63'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, frank hodgkinson, landscape
Painting depicting an abstract composition of a prone male with blue pants and white shirt and the disembodied head of a female.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton April 1974'.
clifton pugh, painting, abstract, assassination
Portrait of a heavily pregnant female nude with dark hair with a vase of flowers.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton 19 May '82'. Inscribed on reverse in chalk 'No. S1'.
cliftong pugh, painting, female nude, flowers
Painting of a male nude holding a double axe head, seated in a claw foot chair in front of an ironwork gate.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton 28.3.84'.
clifton pugh, painting, male nude, gate
Painting depicting an abstract composition with wombat and lizard.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton 72/89'. Inscribed on reverse in pink chalk '57' and on frame 'No.2'.
clifton pugh, painting, abstract, wombat, lizard, landscape
Portrait of a seated man with dark curly hair and brown jacket playing a guitar against an abstract multi-coloured background.
Signed and dated lower right 'Clifton Aug 65'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, brian mooney, guitar
Painting depicting a female nude holding a hand mirror against a multi coloured background.
Signed (L.l) 'Clifton May/June '74'. On reverse in chalk 'Judith 1974 (T1) (3)'
clifton pugh, painting, female nude, mirror, judith
Portrait of a seated man with hands folded wearing a dark suit and tie against a light blue background with a vase of flowers.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 78'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, rupert hamer
Painting depicting two male figures wearing glasses and a female in an abstract composition with shadow and cracked glass.
Signed (L. r) 'Clifton' and dated L.l) 'Apr '78'. On reverse Label 'Artmet Ltd Rudy Komon Gallery Retrospective/ 26th April - 21 May 1988/ Assassination (Clive Cameron) 1978 No. 31'.
clifton pugh, painting, assassination, clive cameron
Painting depicting a male and female nude with arms out stretched in an abstract composition.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton Feb 74'. On reverse in chalk 'Assassination Series Clifton Pugh'.
clifton pugh, painting, male nude, female nude, assassination
Painting depicting a landscape at night with quarter moon and bird in flight.
Signed (L.r) 'Molvig 57'. On reverse in chalk (U.r.) 'Nocturne of a Lunatic No. 1' and on auxiliary support 'John Molvig 1957, Nocturne of a Lunatic No. 1'.
john molvig, landscape, moon, bird, painting
Painting depicting a building in the landscape with central figure holding a teapot surrounded by numerous pieces of pottery.
Signed (L.r) 'J.O.' On reverse in chalk ' Peter Laycock Pottery, Dunmoochin, 1969, John Olsen'.
john olsen, painting, landscape, peter laycock, pottery, dunmoochin
Portrait of a man wearing a tan suit and tie seated at a desk with three books; one entitled 'The Private Man'.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, sir zelmam cowan
Portrait of a man with curly dark hair wearing a blue shirt and dark pants against a crazed background.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 73'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, david williamson, playwright
Oil painting depicting two male nudes crouching before Christ crucified on the cross.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton '67'. On reverse Blake Prize entry form
clifton pugh, painting, male nude, christ, cross, blake prize
Portrait of a old man with glasses and thermometer seated in a hospital bed with Labels 'Fluid Balance', '15 Mr C Pugh, Dr. Kay/Ley 29.7.1977' and two bouquets of red and white flowers.
Not signed. On reverse: 'Archibald Prize 1977/Something Happened (Self Portrait)/ Clifton Pugh/ Dunmoochin Hurstbridge Vic 3099/ Phone 7148230'.
clifton pugh, painting, hospital suite, self portrait, archibald prize
Textured mixed media painting of an abstract symmetrical composition of banksia flowers.
Signed (L.c) 'Hodgkinson 72'.
frank hodgkinson, painting, abstract, mixed media, banksia, flowers
Mixed media painting depicting a male and female nude embracing with a plate of three cherry tarts and the remains of a butterfly embedded in the paint (U.l) against a green and orange background.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton July '74'. On reverse auxiliary support 'Steps and Lovers No. 4'.
clifton pugh, painting, male nude, female nude, tarts, butterfly, mixed media
Portrait of woman with short brown hair lying on a blue and white patterned pillow with white coverlet.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 22 July '82'.
clifton pugh, painting, portrait, adriane
Portrait of a woman seated in an armchair with legs folded and two vases of flowers and a tea service.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 25-29 April '82'.
clifton pugh, portrait, adriane, painting
Gouache painting of a brown landscape with five trees.
Signed (L.r) 'Clifton 25/7/86'.
clifton pugh, gouache, painting, landscape, dunmoochin
Screenprint depicting a landscape with three trees and turquoise foliage and owl in flight.
Signed (L.l) 'Clifton'
clifton pugh, screenprint, landscape, owl
Portrait of an old man wearing glasses with a bouquet of flowers.
Signed (L.l) 'Clifton Pugh in Somerset, Bellamy 86'.
john bellamy, painting, watercolour, clifton pugh, flower, somerset
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