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Details
- Date
- (circa 1955)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 101.6 x 76.2 cm stretcher; 119.6 x 94.4 x 3.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, white oil "W Pidgeon". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1955
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9178
- Copyright
- © Estate of Peter Pidgeon/Copyright Agency
- Archibald Prize
- - 1955
- Artist information
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William Pidgeon
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About
This is a portrait of Australian writer Frannie Hopkirk, who sat twice for William Pidgeon. Hopkirk, sister of Australian artist Brett Whiteley, wrote the book 'Brett' 1996, a biography of her brother. She also wrote 'The seven loves of Mary Magdalen' 2015, a memoir that was short-listed for the Finch Memoir Prize.
This work was a finalist in the 1954 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1955.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1955), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jan 1956–19 Feb 1956
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Purchases and Acquisitions for 1956 National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, 1956, 9. cat.no. 13
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes for 1955, Sydney, 1955.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin, Sydney, 25 Jan 1956.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph and daily news, Sydney, 21 Jan 1956.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph and daily news, 'Bought for National Art Gallery', Sydney, 07 Feb 1956, (illus.).
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