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Details
- Date
- (1933)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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72.7 x 73.0 cm stretcher; 98.6 x 79.8 x 4.5 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 90.7 x 71.5 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, white oil "A.GOODSIR". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1938
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 6617
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Agnes Goodsir
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About
Portrait painter Agnes Goodsir’s early art training was undertaken in Victoria before she left to study in London and Paris from about 1899. She settled permanently in Paris in 1921 where she was part of the prominent lesbian milieu. Her companion Rachel Dunn is depicted in several of her paintings, including 'The Chinese skirt'. Known as Cherry, Dunn is depicted in various personas and as a ‘type’ of Latin Quarter girl – the area in which they lived in Paris. Goodsir’s portraits of these bold and liberated women, sometimes portrayed smoking and wearing androgynous or masculine clothing, are in direct contrast to the stricter dress codes and societal norms of the earlier Victorian and Edwardian eras. In 'The Chinese skirt' the designs on the skirt are used as a decorative patterning device within the painting, echoing the decorative arts objects in the room.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
Project 21 - Womens images of women (1977), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Oct 1977–13 Nov 1977
Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 09 May 1998–07 Jun 1998
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, , 21 Jun 1998–02 Aug 1998
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Australia, 08 Aug 1998–06 Sep 1998
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, La Trobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, 12 Sep 1998–18 Oct 1998
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, 31 Oct 1998–06 Dec 1998
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier, 12 Dec 1998–17 Jan 1999
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 29 Jan 1999–28 Feb 1999
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, 06 Mar 1999–18 Apr 1999
In a picture land over the sea - Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 24 Apr 1999–06 Jun 1999
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 6 publications
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Jude Adams, Barbara Hall and Jennifer Barber, Project 21: Women's images of women, Sydney, 1977, (illus.). cat.no. 17; Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Deborah Edwards, Daphne Wallace, Margo Neale, Victoria Lynn and Sandra Byron, Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995.
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Karen Quinlan, In a picture land over the sea: Agnes Goodsir 1864-1939, 'Conclusion: Au revoir', pg.62, Bendigo, 1998, 2 (illus.). cat.no. 73
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Leanne Santoro, Look, 'Theatre of the new world', pg. 42-45, Sydney, Jul 2020-Aug 2020, 42 (colour illus.), 42-43.
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Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 218
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Author Unknown, Art and Australia 150 Years of Australian Art, Sydney, 1938.
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