[Portrait of Dorothy Gordon Jenner], 1952 / oil painting by Judy Cassab
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[Portrait of Dorothy Gordon Jenner], 1952 / oil painting by Judy Cassab
[Portrait of Dorothy Gordon Jenner], 1952 / oil painting by Judy Cassab
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Author / Creator
Date
1952
Call Numbers
ML 1505
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Physical Description
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1 painting - image 71.0 x 59.0 cm, within frame 92 x 80.5 cm - oil on canvas, framed
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Estate of Judy Cassab
Rights and Restrictions Information : All commercial use of works by Judy Cassab should be referred to the copyright collecting agency - VISCOPY.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Judy Cassab
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This portrait is an oil on canvas which shows Australian actress, journalist and radio broadcaster Dorothy Gordon Jenner (also known as 'Andrea'), seated holding her right hand to her face.
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[Portrait of Dorothy Gordon Jenner], 1952 / oil painting by Judy Cassab
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Completed within the first few years of Judy Cassab’s post war immigration to Australia from Europe, this portrait provides evidence of the importance for the artist of securing cultivated friendships in Australia. On 7 September 1952, Cassab (a life-time diarist) recorded ‘I have just finished a portrait of Andres who writes in the Telegraph. She...
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed ‘Judy Cassab 1952’ top right hand corner and verso on canvas ‘for Peter 1968'.
Object History
This painting was gifted to Judy Cassab's son, Peter Kampfner, on his 21st birthday.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Peter Kampfner under the Cultural Gifts Program in 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Dorothy Gordon Jenner (1891-1985), also known as 'Andrea', was an influential and popular figure in Australian social, cultural and political life through the 1950s and 1960s. Always immaculately groomed and expensively dressed, this painting records the elegant appearance of the sitter in her prime.
Born on 1 March 1891 in Sydney, Dorothy...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1505
Record Identifier
YRlB64Vn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlB64Vn
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Reference code
9585748
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