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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Rose Bay
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- 1945
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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91.5 x 71.1 cm stretcher; 121.0 x 100.0 x 6.5 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 87 x 66 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, red oil "Eric WILSON '45".
- Credit
- Gift of Miss Jean Appleton 1959
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OA3.1959
- Copyright
- Archibald Prize
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- Artist information
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Eric Wilson
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About
This work was a finalist in the 1945 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1959.
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Places
Where the work was made
Rose Bay
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1945), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jan 1946–19 Feb 1946
To look within: Self portraits in Australia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 16 Apr 2004–20 Jun 2004
To look within: Self portraits in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 09 Jul 2004–19 Sep 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Douglas Dundas, Art and Australia (vol. 12, no. 1), 'Eric Wilson', pg. 48-57, Sydney, Jul 1974-Sep 1974, 48, 49 (illus.).
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Mary Eagle, Australian Modern Painting Between the Wars 1914-1939, 'Sydney divided', pg. 138-165, Sydney, 1989, 154, 155 (colour illus.). plate no. 114
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Anna Gray, Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, Canberra, 2010, 106 (colour illus.).
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