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Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG

b. 1939

16 portraits in the collection

Interview with Michael Kirby and Ralph Heimans video: 5 minutes

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG

'Radical Restraint'

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG interviews the artist who painted his portrait, Ralph Heimans.

Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby, 1998 by Ralph Heimans

Radical Restraint Justice Michael Kirby
, 1998

by Ralph Heimans

oil on canvas
frame: 185.0 x 231.0 x 44.0 cm
support: 183.1 x 228.7 cm

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Purchased with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

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Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby"
, 1998

by Ralph Heimans

pencil and crayon on paper
sheet: 40.3 x 31.8 cm
image: 40.3 x 20.6 cm

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Gift of the artist 2001

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Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby" recto 'Head Study' and verso 'Hand Study'
, 1998

by Ralph Heimans

pencil and crayon on paper
sheet: 31.2 x 40.3 cm

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Gift of the artist 2001

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Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby, 1998 by Ralph Heimans

Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby, 1998 by Ralph Heimans

Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby, 1998 by Ralph Heimans

Magazine article, Portrait 24

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Leslie Moran investigates the portraits of judges in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

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