Skip to main content
Withdrawn
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson

by Elizabeth Donaldson

This volume examines the forty-year career of Australian painter William Dobell, detailing his studies in Sydney, his decade in Europe, and his life at Wangi Wangi. It features over 150 images, including iconic portraits and significant landscape works.

Accession 12036 ISBN 9781921497810 Publisher Exisle Publishing Limited
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson spine
William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson cover
Live
No live
No live
William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson spine
No live
William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Art Art History Authors Biography Drawing Painting
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
False
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured
LOCATION HISTORY
No location history available for this book.
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-21 15:40 (3 days, 22 hours ago)

Identity

name→ title
William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson
vernon_id
16160
accession_no→ accession_number
12036
vernon_slug
william-dobell-an-artists-life-elizabeth-donaldson

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
Stored
location_name
Zone N1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
Stored
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781921497810

Descriptive

production_date
2010
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This high-quality, exquisitely produced book is a celebration of the life and art of William Dobell, considered to be one of Australia's greatest artists and the first to win both the Wynne Prize for landscapes and the Archibald Prize for portraiture in the same year.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Elizabeth Donaldson
tags→ tags
Art, Arts, Painting, Graphic arts, Art, Modern -- 20th century, Artists -- Australia, Persons, Drawing, Painting, Modern -- 20th century, Painting -- Australian, Archibald Prize, Portrait painting -- Awards -- Australia, Portrait painting -- Awards, Painting, Abstract
subject_people
William Dobell (b.1899, d.1970)
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
18759

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "william-dobell-an-artists-life-elizabeth-donaldson"
"opacObjectId": "16160"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "18759"
"cssColors": [2 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "696969"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 54.05
"colorName": "dimgray"
"lightness": 41
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dim gray"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "bdb76b"
"hue": 56
"rank": 2
"presence": 30.8
"colorName": "darkkhaki"
"lightness": 58
"colorGroup": "yellow"
"saturation": 38
"formattedColorName": "dark khaki"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "433e33"
"hue": 41
"rank": 1
"presence": 54.05
"lightness": 23
"saturation": 13
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "c0ab66"
"hue": 46
"rank": 2
"presence": 30.8
"lightness": 57
"saturation": 41
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "93814f"
"hue": 44
"rank": 3
"presence": 14.18
"lightness": 44
"saturation": 30
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "aba580"
"hue": 51
"rank": 4
"presence": 0.55
"lightness": 58
"saturation": 20
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "737449"
"hue": 61
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.4
"lightness": 37
"saturation": 22
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b47451"
"hue": 21
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.01
"lightness": 51
"saturation": 39
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "9c98a0"
"hue": 270
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.0
"lightness": 61
"saturation": 4
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 11006
"score": 83.71
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Art"
"imageLabelId": 4
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 2685
"score": 77.4
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Painting"
"imageLabelId": 36
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 935
"score": 74.82
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Vintage clothing"
"imageLabelId": 81
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 245
"score": 74.72
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Blazer"
"imageLabelId": 140
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 340
"score": 73.85
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Formal wear"
"imageLabelId": 164
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 19019
"score": 72.25
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 372
"score": 67.14
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Suit"
"imageLabelId": 141
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 3376
"score": 65.9
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Visual arts"
"imageLabelId": 18
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 109
"score": 63.52
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Self-portrait"
"imageLabelId": 800
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 5931
"score": 60.89
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Illustration"
"imageLabelId": 25
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "732"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "366"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "32"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "137"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "69"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/4940/40f7d7804d9df17264d823d279b1f408374b6e81.jpg"
"width": "1098"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 1.3124535
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "12036"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "William Dobell : an artist's life / Elizabeth Donaldson"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Donaldson, Elizabeth"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2010"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2010-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2010-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This high-quality, exquisitely produced book is a celebration of the life and art of William Dobell, considered to be one of Australia's greatest artists and the first to win both the Wynne Prize for landscapes and the Archibald Prize for portraiture in the same year."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Stored"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"Stored""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N1/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "New South Wales/Australia"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Exisle Publishing Limited"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Includes bibliography and index."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9781921497810"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "759.994 DOB"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "4XL compactus/Library Stack/Zone 1/Ground/Moonah Offices & Storage"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [6 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Art, Modern -- 20th century"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Art, Modern -- 20th century""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Painting, Abstract/Painting, Modern -- 20th century/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Painting, Abstract/Painting, Modern -- 20th century/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Drawing/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Drawing/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Archibald Prize/Portrait painting -- Awards -- Australia/Portrait painting -- Awards/Painting/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Archibald Prize/Portrait painting -- Awards -- Australia/Portrait painting -- Awards/Painting/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[4]": {2 keys}
"value": "Artists -- Australia/Persons"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Artists -- Australia/Persons""
"[5]": {2 keys}
"value": "Painting -- Australian/Graphic arts/Art/Arts"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Painting -- Australian/Graphic arts/Art/Arts""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "William Dobell (b.1899, d.1970)"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"William Dobell (b.1899, d.1970)""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Australia"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_place:"Australia""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "elizabeth-donaldson"
"title": "Elizabeth Donaldson"
"relatedRecordId": "24307"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1