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Title
The artist's mother
1944
1954
Artist
Sali Herman
Switzerland, Australia
12 Feb 1898 - 03 Apr 1993
Details
Dates
1944
1954
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.3 x 52.4 cm stretcher; 93.5 x 72.8 x 10.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r. corner, red oil "S.Herman.54".
Credit
Gift of the artist 1969
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA31.1969
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Sali Herman
The artist's mother
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1945), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jan 1946–19 Feb 1946
Sali Herman: exhibiton of oil paintings, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 04 Aug 1949–18 Aug 1949
Sali Herman retrospective:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 01 Jul 1981–26 Jul 1981
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Feb 1982–Mar 1982
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 09 Oct 1991–02 Nov 1991
- Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
- Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston
Referenced in 6 publications
Bibliography
Daniel Thomas, Sali Herman, 'Portraits', pg. 26-29, Sydney, 28, 73 (colour illus.), 112. plate no. 38
Anne Gray, Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, Canberra, 2010, 116.
Barry Pearce, Sali Herman, 'Catalogue', pg. 33-87, Sydney, 1981, 61 (illus.), 62. cat.no. 53
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Acquisitions for 1969', pg. 538, Sydney, Jul 1970, 545 (illus.). plate no. 37
Sali Herman: exhibition of oil paintings, Sydney, 1949, n.pag.. cat.no. 37; titled 'Artist's Mother'; not for sale
Archibald Wynne and Sulman competitions for 1945, Sydney, 1945, 11. cat.no. 159