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
Third Annual Australian Arts and crafts exhibition (1964), Glenbrook School of Arts, Glenbrook, 17 Apr 1964–18 Apr 1964
Lower Blue Mountains Fitness Committee Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 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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