Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works shown in the exhibition Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection (346) works on display (65) works with images (337) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Grace Cossington Smith The sock knitter 1915 OA18.1960 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The reader 1916 22.1974 On display – South Building, lower level 3, Library, archive and children's art library Grace Cossington Smith Rushing circa 1922 OA8.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Things on an iron tray on the floor circa 1928 OA9.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The Lacquer Room 1936 OA10.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Bonfire in the bush circa 1937 20.1973 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Interior with wardrobe mirror 1955 OA11.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The curve of the bridge 1928-1929 1.1991 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 Ian Fairweather Fish traps, Peking 1935 225.1982 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Ian Fairweather Roi soleil 1956-1957 9315 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries James Gleeson The sower 1944 OA13.1966 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Robert KlippelJames Gleeson No 35 Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a pre-raphaelite satire) 1947-1948 SA3.1970 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Robert Klippel No 48 Entities suspended from a detector 1948 SA1.1970 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Robert Klippel No 329 1977 239.1998 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries George Lambert Across the black soil plains 1899 550 Winner - Wynne Prize 1899 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts George Lambert Miss Thea Proctor 1903 OA12.1961 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts George Lambert Holiday in Essex 1910 157.1981 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Lyric poetry 1888 104.1972 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Sarah Bernhardt circa 1892-circa 1893 7432 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Truth 1894 65.1974 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Madonna circa 1906 767 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Circe circa 1902-circa 1904 SA7.1970 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Bertram Mackennal Lady Diana Duff Cooper (Lady Diana Manners) 1909-circa 1918 7156 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Mawalan Marika Djan'kawu creation story 1959 IA65.1959 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan The camp 1946 207.1978 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Pretty Polly Mine 1948 8169 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Escaped convict 1962 OA28.1962 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Self portrait 1943 412.1997 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries John Olsen Five bells 1963 133.1999 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston Implement blue 1927 OA7.1960 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries 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 Margaret Preston The brown pot 1940 7223 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston Sydney Heads (2) 1925 DA16.1968 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston Wheelflower circa 1929 204.1977 Margaret Preston Sydney Bridge circa 1932 DA30.1964 Margaret Preston Australian rock lily circa 1933 DA32.1964 Margaret Preston Waratah etc 1943 7324 Lloyd Rees The road to Berry 1947 7940 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Tom Roberts An autumn morning, Milson's Point, Sydney 1888 27.1983 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Tom Roberts Holiday sketch at Coogee 1888 9078 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Tom Roberts The Golden Fleece 1894 648 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Tom Roberts Bailed up 1895, 1927 833 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Tom Roberts The camp, Sirius Cove 1899 6928 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Tom Roberts Washing day Kallista circa 1923-circa 1925 8009 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Tom Roberts Evening train to Hawthorn circa 1889 158.1991 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton The national game 1889 OA11.1963 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton 'Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide' 1890 859 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton Fire's on 1891 832 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton The railway station, Redfern 1893 7209 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton Fireman's funeral, George Street 1894 43.1980 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton Cremorne pastoral 1895 858 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Arthur Streeton From my camp (Sirius Cove) 1896 193.1991 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Brett Whiteley Untitled 1962 13.1985 On display – Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills Brett Whiteley Untitled painting 1961 272.1996 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Brett Whiteley Woman in bath 1963, re-worked 1964 191.2000 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Brett Whiteley Shankar 1966 148.1971 On display – Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills Brett Whiteley The bush 1966 350.1998.a-c On display – Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills 1 2