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Title

(Self portrait at 75)

1949

Artist

Max Meldrum

Scotland, Australia

03 Dec 1875 - 06 Jun 1955

An image of (Self portrait at 75) by Max Meldrum

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

Media category

Painting

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

Copyright

© Estate of Max Meldrum

Reproduction requests

Archibald Prize

- 1949

Artist information

Max Meldrum

Works in the collection

6

Referenced in 2 publications

Bibliography

Unknown, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Postwar Years', pg. 40-62, Sydney, 1999, 43.

Unknown and Unknown, Max Meldrum and associates: their art, lives and influences, Victoria, 1996, 129.