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Title:
Clyde Bank : L'Ingresso d'una casa Australiana con scala [entrance hall] / Janet Venn-Brown
Creator:
Venn-Brown, Janet
Date:
1999
Format:
1 painting : tempera on paper ; 29 x 24 cm.
Inscription:
Signed: "Janet Venn-Brown 10.8.99" bottom right corner. "Clyde Bank" bottom left corner. Verso of picture carries the description "Clyde Bank : L'Ingresso d'una casa Australiana con scala [entrance hall], and artist's signature with date.
Subject:
Clyde Bank (The Rocks, N.S.W.)
entrance halls
stairs
fanlights
arches
domestic interiors
paintings
hallways
furniture
Description:
After living in Rome for over 40 years, Australian artist Janet Venn-Brown returned to Sydney in 2010. Soon after, she donated five of her Clyde Bank paintings to the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection.
Caroline Simpson originally commissioned these pictures, depicting the interiors of her museum, Clyde Bank, in 1999. The paintings capture in detail the objects displayed in each room, as well as the interior architecture of one of Sydney's early historic buildings.
Provenance:
Janet Venn-Brown.
Exhibited in:
The five Clyde Bank pictures were included in an exhibition titled "An inside view - paintings by Janet Venn-Brown", held in the Members' Lounge at The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney from 31st January to 25th March 2011.
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ;
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the
Museums of History NSW
to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
42969
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