John Brack
(Australia 1920–11 Feb 1999)
- Title
- Head and arms (Barbara Blackman)
- Year
- 1954
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- black conté on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
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38.0 x 49.6cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., black conté "John Brack 54". Dated c.r., black conté "2-8-54".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Arthur Boyd Acquisition Fund 1996
- Accession number
- 413.1996
- Copyright
- © Helen Brack
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
John Brack is a major figurative artist of the post war period in Australia. This drawing is from the artist's early maturity, a powerful and sculptural study of the figure and one of seven drawings by Brack in the collection. The subject is Barbara Blackman, who modelled for a number of artists in Melbourne in the 1950s.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
- Bibliography (5)
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Kirsty Grant (Author), John Brack, Melbourne, 2009, 26 (colour illus.), 107.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 116 (colour illus.), 143, 147.
'Portraits of a Lady' by Fiona Harari, pg. 20., The Weekend Australian magazine 26 May 1997, 26 May 1997, 20.
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 99 (illus.). cat.no. 92
Author Unknown (Author), Joel's, Aug 1993, 20 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (3)
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Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.
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.
