Summary
Drawing by Ambrose Dyson, 1945. This cartoon, which was published in the Midday Times on 3 November 1945, was drawn in support of the A.C.T.U.'s demand for a 40-hour working week. A 40-hour week was one of the A.C.T.U.'s demands in 1945, it was granted, after a complicated battle in the Arbitration Court in December 1947. It was exhibited at the Social Realists Exhibition at the Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery in July 1990.
Edward Ambrose Dyson (1908-1952) was a prominent member of the Australian social realist art movement, and contributed a weekly cartoon to the Guardian from 1949 to 1952. His father (Ambrose Dyson) and an uncle (Will Dyson) were also cartoonists. In 1945 he joined the Communist Party and was an active member until his death in 1952.
Description of Content
Drawing - You'd Be Nice To Come Home To
Physical Description
Raw wooden framed, mounted ink cartoon of service personnel outside a Demob Centre looking approvingly at a large 40hrs (white on black).
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Artist
Mr Ambrose Dyson, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1945
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Place & Date Published
Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 Nov 1945
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Place & Date Exhibited
Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Jul 1990
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Inscriptions
Signed, white ink: DYSON. Reverse, typed label: 21. YOU'D BE NICE TO COME HOME TO/30 x 32cm $650.
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Overall Dimensions
53 cm (Length), 53 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Art, Artistic Practices, Artists, Artworks, Cartoons, Political Comment, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Politicians, Politics, Societies, Trade Unions, Wars & Conflicts, Working Hours, Working Life
