W B McInnes
(Australia 1889–1939)
- Title
- Silk and lace
- Year
- (1926)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
113.4 x 92.0cm stretcher; 151.7 x 129.6 x 15.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "W.B. McINNES". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1927
- Accession number
- 853
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Silk and lace was awarded The Archibald Prize in 1926. The subject of William McInnes's fifth winning portrait was artist Esther Paterson.
- Bibliography (7)
-
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 18 (colour illus.), 19, 133.
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 21 (colour illus.), 22, 122 (colour illus.).
'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 214 (colour illus.).
Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 214 (colour illus.).
'The Archibald prize' by Erik Langker, pg. 51-56., Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly Jan 1961, Jan 1961, 51, 52 (illus.).
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938, (illus.). cat.no. 39; not paginated
Art in Australia [series 3, no. 19] Mar 1927, Mar 1927, 13 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1926), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jan 1927–12 Feb 1927.
