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An image of Dame Mary Gilmore by Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

(Australia 12 Mar 1905–22 Jul 1995)

Title
Dame Mary Gilmore
Year
1943
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

85.7 x 92.3cm stretcher; 108.4 x 114.0 x 8.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., mauve oil "Joshua/ 43".
Credit
Gift of Dame Mary Gilmore 1945
Accession number
7619
Copyright
© Yve Close
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Famous Australian artists, The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1964: Souvenir Catalogue of special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia 1964, Famous Australians, Adelaide, 1964. cat. no. 35

Yve Close, Joshua Smith: artist 1905-1995, 'The Archibald Prize', pg. 33-46, New South Wales, 1998, 35-36, 41, 78, 115 (colour illus.), 209-210. plate no. 19, cat.no. 28

Janet Hawley, Artists in conversation, Richmond, 2012, xx (colour illus.).

Anne Loxley and Warren Horton, About Face - Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770-1993 1994, Canberra, 1994, 12.

Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Early Decades', pg. 16-31, Sydney, 1999, 34 (colour illus.).

Laurie Thomas, Modern Australian painting and sculpture: a survey of Australian art from 1950-1960, 'Introduction', pg. 1-10, Adelaide, 1960, 35 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (4)

Famous Australians by famous Australian artists, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 07 Mar 1964–21 Mar 1964

About face: Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770 - 1993, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 31 Mar 1994–14 Aug 1994

The possibilities of Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 04 Mar 1999–20 Jun 1999

Joshua Smith retrospective, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 02 Dec 2005–22 Jan 2006