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(Mother and child)
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
99.4 × 74.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Gallery location
Gallery 19
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
Fox departed for Europe in 1901 and from 1905 lived in Paris. That year he married fellow artist Ethel Carrick. Mother and child is the large-scale study for Motherhood, 1908 (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). The theme of mother and child was particularly significant for the artist throughout his career and the genesis for this composition was his sister-in-law Irene holding her daughter Bonnie, taken from sketches the artist made in Melbourne.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint l.l.: E. PHiLLiPS Fox / 1908 (underlined)
Accession Number
2004.173
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
costume (mode of fashion) infants women (female humans)