John Brack
(Australia 1920–11 Feb 1999)
- Title
- Barry Humphries in the character of Mrs Everage
- Year
- 1969
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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94.5 x 128.2cm stretcher; 110.2 x 143.5 x 5.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "John Brack 69".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Contemporary Art Purchase Grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council 1975
- Accession number
- 209.1975
- Copyright
- © Helen Brack
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (15)
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'Instilling the familiar with a lurking sense of uncertainty' by Denise Mimmocchi, pg. 29., Look Jul 2011, Jul 2011, 29.
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, Canberra, 2010, 36, 38.
Kirsty Grant (Author), John Brack, Melbourne, 2009, 107, 120 (colour illus.), 121, 222.
'Writer's choice: Mrs Edna Everage paints John Brack' by Mandy Sayer, pg. 126-127., Art and Australia (Vol. 45, No. 1) Sep 2007-Nov 2007, Sep 2007-Nov 2007, 2 (colour illus., detail), 126, 127 (colour illus.).
Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia), Helen Brack (Australia), Portraits by John Brack, Parkes, 2007, 9-10, 48-49 (colour illus.), 61.
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 62 (colour illus.).
Brenda Niall (b.1930) (Author), Judy Cassab: a portrait, Sydney, 2005, 187.
'Exploring hidden treasures in Parallel Visions' by Barry Pearce, pg. 124-126., The world of Antiques & Art Jul 2002-Dec 2002, Jul 2002-Dec 2002, 125 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 124, 142, 147.
'With heads held high' by Tony Bonyhady, pg. 14-16., The Australian's Review of Books Jun 1999, Jun 1999, 14 (illus.).
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, front cover (colour illus.), 64 (colour illus.).
Jenny Aland (Editor), Max Darby (Editor), Art Connections, Port Melbourne, 1998, 84 (colour illus.).
Richard Walsh (Australia) (Author), Decade of flair - The Seventies, Canberra, 1996, 11, front cover (colour illus.).
Daniel Thomas (Editor), Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Assistant Co-ordinator), Creating Australia: 200 years of art 1788-1988, Melbourne, 1988, 9, 184-185, 185 (colour illus.), 239, 245.
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Face to face: Australian portraits, Sydney, 1986, (colour illus.). cat.no. 22
- Exhibition history (12)
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Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 06 May 1992–28 Jun 1992.
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, 10 Jul 1992–09 Aug 1992.
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, Queensland Art Gallery, 25 Aug 1992–20 Sep 1992.
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Oct 1992–22 Nov 1992.
Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, 03 Dec 1992–31 Jan 1993.
Persona Cognita, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 11 Oct 1994–20 Nov 1994.
Decade of flair - The Seventies, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 16 Nov 1996–13 Apr 1997.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
Rarely Everage: the lives of Barry Humphries, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 22 Nov 2002–16 Feb 2003.
John Brack portraits (2007), National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 24 Aug 2007–18 Nov 2007.
John Brack Retrospective (2009-2010), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 24 Apr 2009–09 Aug 2009.
John Brack Retrospective (2009-2010), Art Gallery of South Australia, 02 Oct 2009–31 Jan 2010.
