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Dr Peter Farrell

2001
Salvatore Zofrea OAM

oil on canvas (43.0 cm x 35.0 cm)
Dr Peter Farrell

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
© Salvatore Zofrea/Copyright Agency, 2024

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Artist and subject

Salvatore Zofrea OAM (age 55 in 2001)

Peter Farrell

Subject professions

Business, trades and industry

Health and medicine

Philanthropy and community service

Donated by

Salvatore Zofrea OAM (1 portrait)

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Giving and getting

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006

The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
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Previous exhibition, 2019

Eye to Eye is a summer Portrait Gallery Collection remix arranged by degree of eye contact – from turned away with eyes closed all the way through to right-back-at-you – as we explore artists’ and subjects’ choices around the direction of the gaze.
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