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Details
- Other Title
- Bust of Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
- Date
- 1910
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- patinated plaster head
- Dimensions
- 55.9 x 33.4 x 28.5 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated on lapel, incised "F. Derwent Wood/ 1910".
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Roberts 1929
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 702
- Copyright
- Artist information
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About
Tom Roberts became a close friend of Wood and his wife, the singer Florence Schmidt, in London.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Royal Academy of Arts, 1911, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01 May 1911–07 Aug 1911
Presence and absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 22 Aug 2003–16 Nov 2003
The Edwardians: Secrets and Desire, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 12 Mar 2004–13 Jun 2004
The Edwardians: Secrets and Desire, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 Jul 2004–12 Sep 2004
Tom Roberts Retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 04 Dec 2015–28 Mar 2016
She-oak and sunlight: Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 02 Apr 2021–22 Aug 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Deborah Edwards, Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 48, 49 (colour illus.), 51, 88. cat.no. 93; titled 'Tom Roberts'
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Renee Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Late Victorian, Edwardian, and French Sculptures', pg. 646-663, Sydney, Jan 1972, 659 (illus.).
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William Moore, The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 1), 'The camps around Melbourne', pg. 70-84, Sydney, 1934, (illus.).
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Benedict Read, The Edwardians: secrets and desires, 'Edwardian sculpture', pg. 122-137, Canberra, 2004, 129 (colour illus.), 241 (colour illus.). cat.no. 145
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Daniel Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Tom Roberts', pg. 466-487, Sydney, Jul 1969, 484, 485 (illus.).
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