Ballet, 1926 / drawn by Phil McLachlan
Ballet, 1926 / drawn by Phil McLachlan
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1926
Call Numbers
SV/201
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 18.5 x 24.4 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Estate of Phyllis McLachlan
Approval for reproduction required
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Phyllis McLachlan
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A pencil and watercolour sketch of a scene featuring six dancers, some of whom are dressed in Russian costume. Three spotlights illuminate a central couple, while four supporting dancers fill the rest of the stage against an architectural backdrop with purple panels.
Pencil sketch on verso possibly of a trial cover for The Home magazine, fe...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Ballet, 1926 / drawn by Phil McLachlan
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated in pencil at upper left 'Phil McLachlan 26'
Description source
Titled in pencil below image
Object History
From Artist's estate
Reference:
Compiled from the collection (paper label attached to back of mount)
Published information
Discussed and published in: "Phyllis McLachlan: from watercolours of dancers to life as a naval wife", September 2012 on Valerie Lawson's blog Dancelines. http://dancelines.com.au/ (accessed September 12, 2012)
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, October 2011, no. 1585.
Administrative / Biographical history
Phyllis Laishley McLachlan was born in 1905. Her father, Alexander McLachlan, was a well-known Sydney solicitor. On leaving school at the age of 16, she studied with Thea Proctor and at the Julian Ashton School. She first exhibited her watercolours at a Society of Women Painters' exhibition in Sydney in 1922. In 1924, she held her first one-woman s...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/201
Record Identifier
9AL40ABY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL40ABY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
949493
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