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An image of Italian major by Sir William Orpen

Sir William Orpen

(Ireland 1878–1931)

Title
Italian major
Year
circa 1918
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

76.2 x 63.5cm stretcher; 107.0 x 94.0 x 10.7cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r., red brown paint "ORPEN". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1928
Accession number
969
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney (Australia, estab. 1928), Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW from David Jones Art Gallery 1928

Bibliography (4)

Paul Konody (Author), Sidney Dark (Author), Sir William Orpen, Artist and Man, London, 1932. 'The Great War and Peace Conference 1917-1919', appendix.

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), New South Wales Art Gallery Pictures, Sydney, 1931, 280 (colour illus.].

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 143 (illus.).

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 142. cat.no. 1691

Exhibition history (1)

Unknown, David Jones Ltd., David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Mar 1928–Mar 1928.