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Details
- Date
- (1926)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 113.4 x 92.0 cm stretcher; 151.7 x 129.6 x 15.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "W.B. McINNES". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1927
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 853
- Copyright
- Archibald Prize
- Winner - 1926
- Artist information
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W B McInnes
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About
Silk and lace was awarded The Archibald Prize in 1926. The subject of William McInnes's fifth winning portrait was artist Esther Paterson. The work was acquired in 1927.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jan 1927–12 Feb 1927
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Bibliography
Referenced in 8 publications
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Anna Waldmann, The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 214 (colour illus.).
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Erik Langker, Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly, 'The Archibald prize', pg. 51-56, Sydney, Jan 1961, 51, 52 (illus.).
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Lionel Lindsay., 150 years of Australian art, 'Foreword', Sydney, 1938, (illus.). cat.no. 39; not paginated
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Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'Chapter 2: The early decades', pg. 15-37, Sydney, 2005, 18 (colour illus.), 19, 133.
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Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Early Decades', pg. 16-31, Sydney, 1999, 21 (colour illus.), 22, 122 (colour illus.).
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Margot Tasca, William Beckwith McInnes: An artist's life, Melbourne, 2022, 31 (colour illus.). reproduced on a postcard from 1926
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Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (Editors), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 19], Sydney, Mar 1927, 13 (illus.).
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Anna Waldmann, Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2), 'The Archibald Prize', pg. 213-236, Sydney, Summer 1982, 214 (colour illus.).
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