Winner: Archibald Prize 1959
William Dobell Dr Edward MacMahon
oil on masonite
87 x 73 cm
Image courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
This Archibald Prize-winning portrait by William Dobell of surgeon Edward MacMahon (1904–1987) is now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Dobell painted the portrait in gratitude to MacMahon, who had performed a successful operation on him.