Louis Kahan
(Australia, Austria 1905–16 Jul 2002)
- Title
- Portrait of Patrick White
- Year
- 1962
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
- Dimensions
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122.0 x 91.5cm board; 140.5 x 110.5 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., oil "Louis Kahan 62".
- Credit
- Purchased 1963
- Accession number
- OA2.1963
- Copyright
- © AGNSW
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The subject of the 1962 Archibald winning portrait, Patrick White, was one of Australia's most respected but reclusive authors. Louis Kahan told the 'Sun' newspaper of 18 January 1963 that he had painted the portrait from sketches made at Patrick White's home eight months previously for an illustration for a series on Australian writers in 'Meanjin', a literary journal. The Gallery purchased Kahan's portrait in 1963.
Peter Ross, 'Let's Face It: The history of the Archibald Prize' 2005, pg. 142.
- Bibliography (19)
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'Celebrity vs cultural significance' by Tom Thompson, pg. 33-35., Look Feb 2007, Feb 2007, 34 (colour illus.).
Lesley Harding (Australia) (Author), Louis Kahan: drawing on life, Horsham, 2005, 8 (colour illus.), 22. cat.no. 6
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 55 (colour illus.), 142 (colour illus.).
National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House] (Australia, estab. 1994, closed 2008), Australia and the Nobel Prize, Canberra, 2003, 16. Exhibition checklist
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 58 (colour illus.), 132 (colour illus.).
Susan Hunt (Author), The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 19 (colour illus.).
'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 231 (colour illus.).
Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 231 (colour illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (vol. 4, no. 3) Apr 1963, Apr 1963, (illus.).
Bulletin 02 Feb 1963, 02 Feb 1963.
Sunday Mirror 20 Jan 1963, 20 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Sunday telegraph 20 Jan 1963, 20 Jan 1963.
Sun-Herald 20 Jan 1963, 20 Jan 1963.
The Sydney Morning Herald 19 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Daily telegraph and daily news 19 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Age 19 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Sun-Herald 18 Jan 1963, 18 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Daily Mirror 18 Jan 1963, 18 Jan 1963, (illus.).
Meanjin Jan 1963, Jan 1963, 113 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (9)
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Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1962), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Jan 1963–17 Feb 1963.
Louis Kahan (1963), Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 19 Feb 1963–01 Mar 1963.
Australians of the Year, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 26 Jan 1995–10 Jun 1996.
Selections from the collection in conjunction with the Jewish Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Nov 1995–10 Dec 1995.
Louis Kahan: A Portrait (1997), Jewish Museum of Australia, 15 Jun 1997–17 Aug 1997.
Australia and the Nobel Prize, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 05 Dec 2003–15 Feb 2004.
Louis Kahan: drawing on life (2005), McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, 18 Apr 2005–13 Jun 2005.
Louis Kahan: drawing on life (2005), Horsham Regional Art Gallery, 13 Jul 2005–05 Sep 2005.
White Whiteley, National Portrait Gallery [Parliamentary Zone], 10 May 2012–29 Jul 2012.
