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To Look Within

Self Portraits in Australia

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present

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Selected images

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Self portrait with glove
Self portrait with glove, 1939 Herbert Badham. © Estate of Herbert Badham
Self portrait
Self portrait, c. 1934 Stella Bowen
Self portrait in plus fours
Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003) Lyndon Dadswell CMG. © Estate of Lyndon Dadswell
Self portrait
Self portrait, between 1951 and 1953 Janet Dawson. © Janet Dawson/Copyright Agency, 2024
Self portrait
Self portrait, 1846 George French Angas
Self portrait
Self portrait, 1948 Grace Cossington Smith OBE. © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
Self portrait
Self portrait, 1934 Nora Heysen AM. © Lou Klepac
Self portrait with gladioli
Self portrait with gladioli, 1922 George Lambert
Self portrait with pin-up
Self portrait with pin-up, 1965 Richard Larter. © Richard Larter/Copyright Agency, 2024
Self portrait
Self portrait, late 1930s Sir William Dargie CBE. © Roger Dargie and Faye Dargie
Self portrait at easel
Self portrait at easel, 1960-1961 Fred Williams. © Fred Williams
Self portrait in green hues
Self portrait in green hues, c. 1962 Roland Wakelin. © Estate of Roland Wakelin
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902 Hugh Ramsay
The Jester (self portrait)
The Jester (self portrait), 1923 Lionel Lindsay. © National Library of Australia
Self portrait
Self portrait, 2001 Jeffrey Smart AO. © Estate of Jeffrey Smart
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