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Title

Portrait of Anne as Irena in "The three sisters"

(1968)

Artist

Scott Pendlebury

Australia

21 Apr 1914 – 1986

  • Details

    Date
    (1968)
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    synthetic polymer paint, oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    79.3 x 64.0 cm stretcher; 93.2 x 78.0 x 5.5 cm frame
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r.corner, grey paint "Pendlebury". Not dated.
    Signed c.r. verso on stretcher, sideways, black fibre-tipped pen "L.S. Pendlebury...".

    Credit
    Purchased 1969
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    OA11.1969
    Copyright
    © Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Reproduction requests

    Archibald Prize
    - 1968
    Artist information
    Scott Pendlebury

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  • About

    This work was a finalist in the 1968 Archibald Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1969.

    The subject is the artist's daughter, Anne Scott-Pendlebury, an Australian actor here dressed for an early career role as Irena in Anton Chekkov's play, 'The tree sisters'.

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