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Details
- Date
- circa 1920s
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.8 x 37.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Thea Proctor Memorial Fund 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 351.2003
- Copyright
- © Adelaide Perry Estate
- Artist information
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Adelaide Perry
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About
Basil Burdett (1897-1942) established the New Art Salon in Sydney (which became the Grosvenor Gallery) in 1921 and, with John Young, the Macquarie Galleries, in 1925. He was influential as a dealer in Sydney and later as art and drama critic for the Melbourne Herald (1931-1940), where he was an outspoken supporter of the modern movement. He is probably best remembered as the organizer of the Herald-backed 'Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art', which toured to Australia in 1939 and proved to be a defining moment in the exhibition of modern art in Australia.
This portrait was formerly in the collection of Lloyd Rees, who was a good friend of Burdett.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Modern Australian paintings, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Carlton, 11 Jul 2003–31 Jul 2003
