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Fred Coventry

(Australia 1905–1997)

Title
Self portrait
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
1927
Media category
Drawing
Materials used
pencil
Dimensions

38.8 x 28.2cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner., pencil "F.H Coventry/ 31.7.27".
Credit
Gift of Richard Smart 1968
Accession number
DA20.1968
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

'Art & Industry: Frederick Halford Coventry (1905-1997)' by Gail Ross, pg. 60-63., Art New Zealand Summer 2007-2008, Summer 2007-2008, 60, 60 (illus.).

Bodyline: 100 years of Australian drawing - Education kit 2001, 2001, (illus.). not paginated

Art-i-facts: Book Two, an exploration of ideas in drawing 1998, 1998, 18 (illus.).

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 52 (illus.). cat.no. 41

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), The portrait and the nude: Australian drawings from the collection, Sydney, 1990, illus.. cat.no. 17

Mary Eagle (Australia, b.1944) (Author), Australian Modern Painting Between the Wars 1914-1939, Sydney, 1989, 55 (illus.).

Exhibition history (7)

The portrait and the nude: Australian drawings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Aug 1990–28 Oct 1990.

Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.

The possibilities of Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 04 Mar 1999–20 Jun 1999.

Bodyline, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 03 Feb 2001–08 Apr 2001.

To look within: Self portraits in Australia, University of Queensland Art Museum, 16 Apr 2004–20 Jun 2004.

To look within: Self portraits in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 09 Jul 2004–19 Sep 2004.

Unknown, Grosvenor Gallery, England, Grosvenor Gallery, London, Unknown–Unknown.