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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
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.
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.
Daniel Thomas AM (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 15
Daniel Thomas., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Painting's influence on literature', Sydney, 14 Sep 1976.