Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works shown in the exhibition Australian modern masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales (40) works on display (16) works with images (40) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Herbert Badham Breakfast piece 1936 6381 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Ralph Balson Painting no 9 1959 OA1.1960 Arthur Boyd The shepherd 1944 2.1972 Arthur Boyd The mockers 1945 OA1.1965 Arthur Boyd River bank and four rocks 1993 11.2011 John Brack Nude with two chairs 1957 9424 Grace Cossington Smith The curve of the bridge 1928-1929 1.1991 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Centre of a city circa 1925 299.2002 Grace Cossington Smith The sock knitter 1915 OA18.1960 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Rushing circa 1922 OA8.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Crowley Portrait of Lucie Beynis 1929 OA14.1965 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Roy de Maistre Woman with parasol at Palm Beach 1927 49.1985 Roy de Maistre (Studio interior) circa 1931 56.1974 William Dobell Self portrait 1932 399.1985 William Dobell Margaret Olley 1948 8164 Winner - Archibald Prize 1948 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Russell Drysdale Walls of China 1945 7631 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Russell Drysdale Sofala 1947 8700 Winner - Wynne Prize 1947 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Rah Fizelle Emily 1939 OA3.1966 Donald Friend Sofala 1947 140.1995 James Gleeson Italy 1951 8595 Nora Heysen Self portrait 1932 943 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Godfrey Miller Still life with lute circa 1954-circa 1956 9286 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Colonial head 1947 7.2001 Sidney Nolan Burke 1962 OA1.1968 Sidney Nolan Hare in trap 1946 318.2007 Justin O'Brien Head of a young man circa 1958 OA2.1965 Margaret Olley Portrait in the mirror 1948 454.2001 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries John Olsen Nightfall, when wattle stains the doubting heart 1980 45.1981 John Passmore Orange dot 1953 8732 Margaret Preston Manly Harbour Beach 1943 240.2004 Margaret Preston Western Australian gum blossom 1928 93.1978 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston Self portrait 1930 937 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Lloyd Rees Three boats - Lane Cove River 1978 1.1979 Jeffrey Smart Keswick siding 1945 193.1982 Jeffrey Smart Truck and trailer approaching a city 1973 1.1980 David Strachan The blue vase 1945 7572 Roland Wakelin Causeway, Tuggerah 1919 OA21.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Roland Wakelin Syncromy in orange major 1919 50.1985 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Brett Whiteley The green mountain (Fiji) 1969 7.1979 On display – Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills Fred Williams Trees on hillside II 1964 OA6.1965