William Beckwith McInnes
Winner: Archibald Prize 1923
Portrait of a Lady
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Further information
According to Punch [Melbourne], 24 January 1924, , this is a portrait of McInnes’s wife. This is confirmed by Basil Burdett’s interview 'W.B. McInnes: A Portrait Painter Who Despises Some Moderns’, in 'The Sun News Pictorial’ [Melbourne], 10 March 1934.
Telegram to AGNSW 16/1 & 20/8/1924. (Letters ?/2; 15/9 & 27/10/1924); Notifications to and from Perpetual Trust to/from AGNSW (Winning Prize notification/chq) 24/1; 4/1/1924.
Purchased by the AGNSW in 1924.
Letters from Artist (2,9,12,15 & 19.1.1925) residing “The Poplars” Lucerne Crescent, Alphington, Victoria (1924,1925)
