Self portrait of Mary Edwards, 1948 [picture] / Mary Edwards
- Bib ID:
- 4467378
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Edwards, Mary, 1894-1988
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1948
- 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 100.2 x 76.5 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Mary Edwards, born in Sydney, was a conservative Australian portrait artist with an interest in the depiction of flowers. Edwards regularly contributed to the Archibald Prize and was a plaintiff with Joseph Wolinski in the failed Joshua Smith case against William Dobell in 1943. This painting was exhibited for the Archibald Prize 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 January - 7 March 1949, no. 39--Acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on auction catalogue: Bonhams & Goodman, Australian Fine Art, Tuesday 26 August 2008, Melbourne, Lot 29.
- Inscriptions: "Mary Edwards 1948"--Signed and dated in medium lower left corner; "Self portrait by Mary Edwards 1948"--In medium on verso.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137380213
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at Bonhams and Goodman auction, 2008.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Artists
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- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2058 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1988
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1948
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