Vic O’Connor (1918 - 2010)

oil on composition board

48.0 x 27.5 cm
58.0 x 37.5 cm (frame)

signed lower right: V.G.O’Connor
inscribed with title verso: Study for ‘THE IRISH BARMAID’

Strawberry Hill Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Toorak Gallery, Melbourne
Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 24 October 1990

Morning, Noon and Night: Selected Works from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 13 July – 13 October 2019
on long term loan to Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, prior to 2006 (label attached verso, as ‘Sketch for the Irish Barmaid’)
on long term loan to Latrobe Regional Art Gallery

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 18, 73 (illus.), 228

Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
There is a minor 2 cm vertical surface abrasion to the right of the central figure and another 1 cm diagonal abrasion to her arm.
These are minor and visible in the enlarged online catalogue image.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.

The work is housed in a dark stained timber frame with gilt internal edges and linen slip.