Skip to content

An image of Three heads (after Piero della Francesca) by Roy de Maistre

Roy de Maistre

(Australia, England 27 Mar 1894–01 Mar 1968)

Title
Three heads (after Piero della Francesca)
Other titles:
Three heads (after Piero Della Francesca)
Three heads
Year
(1933)
Media categories
Drawing, Pastel
Materials used
pastel, crayon on paper on plywood
Dimensions

35.8 x 44.8

Signature & date
Signed l.r., "R. de Maistre". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Patrick White 1974
Accession number
51.1974
Copyright
© Caroline de Mestre Walker
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (7)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 52 (colour illus.), 143, 147.

Helen Verity Hewitt (Australia) (Author), Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, Carlton, 2002, 12, 130.

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Sydney, 1994.

'Painting's influence on literature' by Daniel Thomas., The Sydney Morning Herald 14 Sep 1976, 14 Sep 1976. General reference

Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976. cat.no. 41

Daniel Thomas (Author), Gifts from Patrick White, Sydney, Dec 1974. cat.no 11

Macquarie Galleries (Australia, estab. 1925, closed 1993) (Author), Pioneer contemporaries: Roy de Maistre, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Sydney, 1960. cat.no. 8; titled 'Three heads'; Kindly lent by Mr. Patrick White

Exhibition history (6)

Roy de Maistre: Retrospective exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May 1960–Jun 1960.

Pioneer contemporaries: Roy de Maistre, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Macquarie Galleries, 23 Nov 1960–02 Dec 1960.

Gifts from Patrick White (1974), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Dec 1974–22 Dec 1974.

Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976.

Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Jul 1994–25 Sep 1994.

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.