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Title
(Self portrait at 75)
1949
Artist
Max Meldrum
Scotland, Australia
03 Dec 1875 - 06 Jun 1955
About
This work was a finalist in the 1949 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1977.
Details
Other Title
AETATIS SUAE LXXV
Date
1949
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions
105.4 x 87.6 cm board; 132.7 x 115.4 x 8.5 cm frame :
0 - Whole, 103 x 85.2 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., grey oil "Meldrum 1949".
Signed c.l. verso, pen and black ink "Max Meldrum/ DEC 1949".
Credit
Marshall Bequest Fund 1977
Location
Not on display
Accession number
132.1977
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Max Meldrum
(Self portrait at 75)
Referenced in 2 publications
Bibliography
Peter Perry and John Perry, Max Meldrum and associates: their art, lives and influences, Victoria, 1996, 129.
Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Postwar Years', pg. 40-62, Sydney, 1999, 43.