Boys drawing
(c. 1926-1927)
- Medium
- oil on plywood
- Measurements
- 37.5 × 49.5 cm irreg.
- Place/s of Execution
- Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales
- Inscription
- inscribed in ink l.l.: G. Cossington Smith
- Accession Number
- A7-1981
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Marjorie Webster Memorial, Governor, 1983
© Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching
- Subjects (specific)
- boys classrooms drawing (image-making) education students youth (people)
Frame
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Boys drawing came into the collection in 1981 in this frame, which can safely be regarded as the early presentation of the painting.
The frame is made from a flat timber section, mitred at the corners and painted with a bronze (gold) paint.
This frame was used as the model for reframing another Smith painting from the 20’s – Crowd (1764-5). - Framemaker
- Unknown - 20th century
- Date
- (c.1926-1927)
- Materials
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Timber and bronze paint
- Frame Condition
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good original condition