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Title
Patrick White
(1939)
Details
Date
(1939)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.4 x 50.7 cm stretcher; 75.3 x 49.8 cm sight edge; 91.3 x 65.7 x 5.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, black oil "R de Maistre" [very faint]. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the sitter's niece, Miss Frances Peck 1972
Location
Not on display
Accession number
47.1972
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Roy de Maistre
Patrick White
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Roy de Maistre: Retrospective exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, May 1960–Jun 1960
Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976
About face: Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770 - 1993, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 31 Mar 1994–14 Aug 1994
The life of Patrick White:
- National Library of Australia, Canberra 13 Apr 2012–08 Jul 2012
- State Library of New South Wales, Sydney 13 Aug 2012–28 Oct 2012
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Daniel Thomas., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Painting's influence on literature', Sydney, 14 Sep 1976.
Peter Craven, The life of Patrick White, Canberra, 2012, 24. cat.no. 34
Anne Loxley and Warren Horton, About Face - Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770-1993, Canberra, 1994, 12.
David Marr, Patrick White: A life by David Marr, Milsons Point, 1991, 196, 470, 520.
Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 15
Sir John Rothenstein and Bryan Robertson, Roy de Maistre: A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings from 1917-1960, London, 1960, 13. probably cat.no. 52; titled: 'Portrait of Patrick White'; dated: 1940; 30 x 20 inches; Coll: Patrick White, Esq.