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Details
- Date
- (circa 1921)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 107.5 x 104.2 cm; 115 x 117.7 x 7 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1922
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 4557
- Copyright
- Archibald Prize
- Winner - 1921
- Artist information
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W B McInnes
Works in the collection
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About
W.B. McInnes' portrait of Desbrowe Annear (1865–1933) is significant as winner of the first Archibald Prize in 1921. Winning the prize six more times for his characteristically dark, tonal portraits, McInnes was the pre-eminent artist of the Prize's first decade, and, with John Longstaff, virtually dominated official portraiture. Desbrowe Annear was a well-known Melbourne architect. Primarily a designer of houses, his best known are 32, 34 and 38 The Eyrie, Eaglemont, constructed between 1902 and 1903. Working in a variety of modern styles, Annear sought to create an architecture suited to the climate and geography of Australia.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006
This work was aquired by the Gallery in 1922.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Jan 1922–16 Mar 1922
Norman Macgeorge: man of art, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Parkville, 22 Sep 2001–25 Nov 2001
Archie 100, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Jun 2021–26 Sep 2021
Archie 100, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 06 Nov 2021–20 Feb 2022
Archie 100, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 18 Mar 2022–12 Jun 2022
Archie 100, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 Jul 2022–03 Oct 2022
Archie 100, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston, 22 Oct 2022–08 Jan 2023
Archie 100, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 26 Jan 2023–26 Mar 2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes for 1978, Sydney, 1978, 10.
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Anne Gray, Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, 'Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960', pg. 15-41, Canberra, 2010, 34.
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Anna Waldmann, The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 214 (colour illus.).
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Susan Hunt, The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 11 (colour illus.).
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Erik Langker, Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly, 'The Archibald prize', pg. 51-56, Sydney, Jan 1961, cover (illus.), 50, 51.
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John Pigot, Norman Macgeorge: man of art, 'An u, p-, Melbourne, 2001, 24 (illus.), 92. cat.no. 46
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Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'Chapter 2: The early decades', pg. 15-37, Sydney, 2005, 14 (colour illus.).
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Peter Ross, Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Early Decades', pg. 16-31, Sydney, 1999, 16 (colour illus.), 122 (colour illus.).
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Wendy Symonds (Editor), Look, 'Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes', pg. 16, Heidelberg, Mar 1997, 16 (colour illus.).
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Margot Tasca, William Beckwith McInnes: An artist's life, Melbourne, 2022, 8, 9 (colour illus.).
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Anna Waldmann, Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2), 'The Archibald Prize', pg. 213-236, Sydney, Summer 1982, 214 (colour illus.).
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