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Title

Grantley (head studies)

circa 1948-circa 1950

Artist

Mary Abbott

Australia

08 Nov 1916 – 02 Feb 1996

  • Details

    Date
    circa 1948-circa 1950
    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    pencil on paper
    Dimensions
    36.8 x 26.0 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated l.l., pencil "Mary M. Abbott/ 1950".

    Credit
    Gift of Chris Roberts 2014
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    54.2014
    Copyright
    © Estate of Mary Abbott

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    Artist information
    Mary Abbott

    Works in the collection

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  • About

    Mary Abbott was born in Quirindi, NSW in 1906 and studied at a number of art schools in Sydney and London, most significantly at the Julian Ashton School from 1938-43. Between 1954 and 1958 she had paintings hung in the Archibald Prize five times, all portraits of women, reflecting her work as a portraitist, with which, along with teaching, she supported herself for much of her career. Her work was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in 1985. The subject of these studies is the artist's husband.

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