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Robin
(c. 1919-1920)
Augustus JOHN
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
45.5 × 32.5 cm
Accession Number
1071-3
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
boys
brush strokes
busts (general, figures)
children (people by age group)
sons (people)
three-quarter views
Provenance
Augustus John. War, Peace Conference & other Portraits
, Alpine Club, London, 1920, no. 27; from where purchased, on the advice of Frank Rinder, for the Felton Bequest, 1920.
Frame
Original, possibly by Charles Chenil & Co. Ltd., London
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