Venus no 1

Justin O'Brien (1988), Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Collingwood, 08 Aug 1988–29 Aug 1988

Modern Muses (1989), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 19 Oct 1989–19 Nov 1989

The naked and the nude, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 13 Sep 2008–07 Dec 2008

Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour (2010), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Dec 2010–27 Feb 2011

Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Justin O'Brien, Melbourne, 1988. cat.no. 1

Elizabeth Cross, The Naked and the Nude, Ballarat, 2008.

Christine France, Justin O'Brien: image and icon, Sydney, 1997, 153 (illus.), 169. figure no. 23

Anne Loxley, Modern muses: classical mythology in Australian art 1940-1989, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 18

Ewen McDonald, AGNSW Collections, 'From Colonialism to late Modernism', pg. 7-106, Sydney, 1994, 86 (colour illus.).

Barry Pearce, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The enduring image', pg. 265-266, Sydney, 2000, 268 (colour illus.), 301.

Savill Galleries [Sydney], Australian paintings, Sydney, Summer 2004. cat.no. 28; this is a study for the painting 'Venus No. 1' and is reproduced in colour

Ted Snell, The Australian, 'The pilgrim who refuses to leave the shrine', pg. 10, Sydney, 17 Aug 1988, 10.

Sotheby's Australia (Compilator), Sotheby's Australia - Fine Australian and International Paintings, Drawings, Woollahra, May 2001, 38. lot no. 20; this is a study for the painting 'Venus No. 1' and is reproduced in colour on pg. 39

Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien catalogue supplement, Sydney, 2010, 36. cat.no. 91

Natalie Wilson, Justin O'Brien: the sacred music of colour, 'Justin O'Brien and the art of transfiguration', pg. 23-145, Sydney, 2010, 144, 150 (colour illus.), 160, 169. cat.no. 91