Al fresco, 1927 / by Herbert Badham
Al fresco, 1927 / by Herbert Badham
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1927
Call Numbers
ML 1444 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, West Wall, no. 237
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 29 x 43.5 cm, in frame 45.8 x 60.8 cm - oil on plywood, framed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
In copyright
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Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The painting shows a domestic scene of a small, informal group gathered around a table. Glasses, bottles, jugs, fruit in a bowl and a copy of Studio magazine litter the white tablecloth around which four people are gathered.
Painted the year after Badham completed his studies at Sydney Art School and shortly after his marriage to Enid Wilso...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Al fresco, 1927 / by Herbert Badham
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
'G. W. Lambert' inscribed in pencil on reverse of frame. Badham worked from Lambert's studio.
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed lower right `HBadham’
Description source
Title and date taken from Deutscher and Hackett's Important Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 1 September 2010
Sitters and location identified by Chebi Badham (artist's daughter), 15 September 2010
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Deutscher and Hackett Pty Ltd, September 2010, Lot 22
Exhibited in
- Paintings from the Collection
State Library of New South Wales (2018)
Administrative / Biographical history
Herbert Badham (1899-1961) studied at the Sydney Art School under Julian Ashton, George Lambert and Henry Gibbons, and later taught at East Sydney Technical School. He wrote an important historical survey of Australian art which was published in 1949.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1444 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 3, West Wall, no. 237
Record Identifier
93QVV5Q1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVV5Q1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
903498
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