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Title
E.L. Montefiore
1898
Artist
Theo Cowan
Australia
1868 - 1949
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About
Theo Cowan modelled this commemorative portait of one of the founding trustees of the National Gallery of New South Wales from photographs and sent the work to Italy for carving.
Deborah Edwards, 'Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2003
Details
Other Title
E.L. Montefiore 1898, 2nd President of Trustees 1889-92
Date
1898
Materials used
marble
Dimensions
61.9 x 51.3 x 30.0 cm weight - 140kg
Signature & date
Signed and dated verso, incised "THEO. COWAN SCULP 1898".
Credit
Purchased 1899
Accession number
3267
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Theo Cowan
E.L. Montefiore
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1987
Presence and absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 22 Aug 2003–16 Nov 2003
Dora Ohlfsen and the facade commission, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Oct 2019–08 Mar 2020
Referenced in 4 publications
Bibliography
Deborah Edwards., Australian sculpture 1890-1919, 'Australian sculpture 1890-1919', Sydney, 1987, (illus.). no catalogue numbers, not paginated
Roslyn Russell, National Library of Australia news, 'Eliezer Montefiore from Barbados to Sydney', pg. 11-14, Canberra, Dec 2008, 12, 14 (colour illus.). NOTE: Photo of AGNSW exterior on page 14.
Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 77. cat.no. 6
Famous people: a selective who's who from works in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, 10 (illus.).