Title
Madonna and Child
(circa 1953)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- (circa 1953)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and ink, watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 52.4 x 20.3 cm
- Signature & date
Signed u.r. corner, pen and black ink 'O'BRIEN'. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1953
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 8730
- Copyright
- © Estate of Justin O'Brien
- Artist information
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Justin O'Brien
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition of pictures: Justin O'Brien (1953), Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 16 Jun 1953–30 Jun 1953
Religious art: from the permanent collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 1961–20 Aug 1961
Lower Blue Mountains Fitness Committee Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 17 Apr 1964–18 Apr 1964
Third Annual Australian Arts and crafts exhibition (1964), Glenbrook School of Arts, Glenbrook, 17 Apr 1964–18 Apr 1964
Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour (2010), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Dec 2010–27 Feb 2011
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Bibliography
Referenced in 7 publications
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Anthony Bradley, The art of Justin O'Brien, Sydney, 1982, 20, 93 (illus.), 106. figure no. 11; dated 1953
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Glenbrook School of Arts, Third Annual Australian Arts and crafts exhibition (1964), Blue Mountains, 1964. no catalogue numbers
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Macquarie Galleries, Exhibition of pictures: Justin O'Brien, Sydney, 1953. cat.no. 13; 'Madonna and child'; priced 18 guineas
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Religious art: from the permanent collection, Sydney, 1961. cat.no. 13
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D R W., Le Courrier Australien, 'At Sydney galleries: Justin O'Brien', Sydney, Jun 1953.
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Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien catalogue supplement, Sydney, 2010, 16. cat.no. 32
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Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour, 'Justin O'Brien and the art of transfiguration', pg. 23-145, Sydney, 2010, 65, 72 (colour illus.), 158, 165. cat.no. 32
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