John Brack
(Australia 1920–11 Feb 1999)
- Title
- Portrait of Fred Williams
- Year
- 1979-1980
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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142.0 x 163.0cm stretcher; 155.7 x 176.6 x 5.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, black oil "John Brack 1979/80".
- Credit
- Purchased 1980
- Accession number
- 209.1980
- Copyright
- © Helen Brack
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (16)
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Kirsty Grant (Author), John Brack, Melbourne, 2009, 107, 108,184 (colour illus.), 225.
Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia), Helen Brack (Australia), Portraits by John Brack, Parkes, 2007, 12, 61, 20, 13 (colour illus.).
'Parallel Visions: a study of fellow spirits in Australian art' by Barry Pearce, pg. 8-9., Look Feb 2002, Feb 2002, 8 (colour illus.), 9.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 120 (colour illus.), 121, 124, 142, 147.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 270 (colour illus.), 300.
Juliana Engberg (Australia) (Curator), The Real Thing, Australia, 1997, 84.
Ewen McDonald (Australia) (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Sydney, 1994, 81 (colour illus.).
Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), The art of John Brack - Volume 1, Australia, 1990, 148, 151 (colour illus.). plate no. 44
Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), The art of John Brack - Volume 2, Australia, 1990, 34. cat.no. 258
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 33.
Robert Lindsay (Australia, b.1945) (Author), John Brack: a retrospective exhibition, Melbourne, 1987, 16, 17, 132, 133, 141. cat.no. 102
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales, 1986, 48 (illus.). cat.no. 48
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 87 (colour illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 6, 11 (illus.). cat.no. 7
'Points, Paint and Praxiteles' by Sandra McGrath, The Australian 24 Aug 1980, 24 Aug 1980, page unknown (illus.).
'For Gymnasts, but Worth it' by Nancy Borlase, The Sydney Morning Herald 23 Aug 1980, 23 Aug 1980, page unknown (illus.).
- Exhibition history (7)
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Three years on: Acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Oct 1981–01 Dec 1981.
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986.
The Real Thing, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 08 Dec 1997–22 Feb 1998.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 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.
