Justin O'Brien
(Australia, Italy 02 Aug 1917–17 Jan 1996)
- Title
- Little boy in costume
- Other titles:
- The young clown
- Place of origin
-
Elizabeth Bay →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- (1957)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
-
61.5 x 41.0cm board; 80.5 x 60.4 x 5.7cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed u.r. corner, green oil "O'BRIEN". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1957
- Accession number
- 9388
- Copyright
- © Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (5)
-
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Natalie Wilson (Australia) (Author), Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour, Sydney, 2010, 76, 78 (colour illus.), 158. cat.no. 42
Justin O'Brien catalogue supplement 2010, 2010, 19. cat.no. 42
'Festive note in display' by the 'Mirror' art critic., Daily Mirror 05 Sep 1957, 05 Sep 1957.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Purchases and Acquisitions for 1957 National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, 1957, 10. cat.no. 18; titled 'Little boy in costume', title changed at artist's request.
Macquarie Galleries (Australia, estab. 1925, closed 1993) (Author), 29th annual exhibition: Contemporary Group, Sydney, 1957. cat. no. 17, titled 'The young clown', priced 40 guineas
- Exhibition history (5)
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29th annual exhibition: Contemporary Group (1957), Macquarie Galleries, 04 Sep 1957–16 Sep 1957.
Contemporary Group (1957), Macquarie Galleries, Sep 1957 -.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1957, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1958–16 Mar 1958.
Modern Australian painting, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 01 Sep 1967–30 Oct 1967.
Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Dec 2010–27 Feb 2011.
