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Blow Back

Blow Back
2018

Julie Rrap

On display: Gallery Two
Mīal

Mīal
2022/2023

Archie Moore

On display: Gallery One
blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu;…

Brenda L Croft

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree
2023

Nell, Warwick Edgington, Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks, Crawfords Casting, Eveleigh Works

On display: Gallery Two
Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman

Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman
2018

Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM, Tjanpi Desert Weavers

William at Queensland University

William at Queensland University
1968/2008

William Yang, an unknown artist

Self Portrait #5

Self Portrait #5
2008

William Yang, John Fukuda

On display: Gallery Five
Miscellaneous Obsessions #1, My Living Room, Bondi

Miscellaneous Obsessions #1, My Living Room, Bondi
2000

William Yang

My Family in Front of Our Old Home

My Family in Front of Our Old Home
1992

William Yang

Self Portrait #1

Self Portrait #1
1992/2007

William Yang

Self Portrait with Light Meter

Self Portrait with Light Meter
1987/2007

William Yang

William in Scholar's Costume

William in Scholar's Costume
1984/2008

William Yang, Yensoon Tsai

William, Randwick

William, Randwick
1975/2008

William Yang, Melody Cooper

Self Portrait #2

Self Portrait #2
1947/2007

William Yang, an unknown artist

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1948

Klaus Friedeberger

On display: Gallery Five
Smalltown Boy (Perth)

Smalltown Boy (Perth)
2018

The Huxleys

On display: Gallery Five
Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)
2018

The Huxleys

On display: Gallery Five
Style Over Substance

Style Over Substance
2020

The Huxleys

Self portrait

Self portrait
1900

Agnes Goodsir

Self portrait

Self portrait
1964

Arthur Boyd AC OBE

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait with Bottlebrush

Self portrait with Bottlebrush
1991

Margaret Olley AC

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
1936

Christine A. Pecket

On display: Gallery Six
Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe
2018

Shirley Purdie

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
1973

Eric Smith

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported

Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported
1996

Margaret Woodward

After Jack

After Jack
2012

Jenny Sages

Jarinyanu Dancing at Broome Festival

Jarinyanu Dancing at Broome Festival
1990

Jarinyanu David Downs

On display: Gallery Five
Portrait of an Artist (Self portrait)

Portrait of an Artist (Self portrait)
1944

David Strachan

On display: Gallery Three
Maquette for 'Divide'

Maquette for 'Divide'
2011

Sam Jinks

Self portrait

Self portrait
n.d.

Ada May Plante

Self portrait

Self portrait
1937

Harold Cazneaux

Self portrait

Self portrait
1870

William H. Bardwell

The Awakening (Self portrait)

The Awakening (Self portrait)
1946

Vlase Zanalis

Divide (Self portrait)

Divide (Self portrait)
2011

Sam Jinks

Self portrait

Self portrait
1945-1946

Arthur Boyd AC OBE

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1965

Jean Appleton

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1921

Thea Proctor

Self portrait (Hilda in the Chinoise hat)

Self portrait (Hilda in the Chinoise hat)
c. 1913

Hilda Rix Nicholas

Self portrait

Self portrait
2006

Judy Cassab AO CBE

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1999/2005

Tracey Moffatt

Self portrait with scarf

Self portrait with scarf
c. 1930s

Rupert Bunny

Self portrait

Self portrait
1949

Louis Kahan AO

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1993

Tim Storrier

On display: Gallery Five
Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978

Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978
1978 (printed 2012)

Robert Rooney

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1940

Adrian Lawlor

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

On display: Gallery Five
Study for

Study for "Portrait of the artist as an evolving landscape"
1991

James Gleeson

On display: Gallery Five
The chase

The chase
1952

Charles Blackman OBE

On display: Gallery Three
Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape
1965

Eric Thake

Desert Island

Desert Island
1967

Eric Thake

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street
1964

Eric Thake

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!
1962

Eric Thake

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So
1959

Eric Thake

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies
1952

Eric Thake

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills
1950

Eric Thake

Self portrait

Self portrait
1984-1985

Andrew Sibley

Self portrait, Paris

Self portrait, Paris
1989

Brett Whiteley

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1909

Bess Norriss Tait

The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)

The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
c. 1935 (printed 1999)

Olive Cotton

12 Untitled Self Portraits (Set 3)

12 Untitled Self Portraits (Set 3)
1990

Mike Parr, John Loane

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1948

John Brack

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1849

Charles Rodius

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1985

Bert Flugelman

On display: Gallery Five
Potters' Portrait Pot

Potters' Portrait Pot
2009

Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala

Self portrait

Self portrait
1858-1860

George Fordyce Story

Me

Me
1992

Ken Done

On display: Gallery Five
Bruce Petty

Bruce Petty
2008

Bruce Petty

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1930

Percy Leason

Self portrait

Self portrait
1894

Livingston Hopkins

Self portrait

Self portrait
2005

Rick Amor

Self portrait

Self portrait
1911

Evelyn Chapman

"The determined" Self portrait
2002

George Foxhill

On display: Gallery Five
Disillusion self portrait

Disillusion self portrait
1983

Mary MacQueen

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Self portrait with Spots and Veins
2003

Chris O'Doherty

Self portrait

Self portrait
1949

Frank Hinder

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1950

Eric Westbrook

Self portrait

Self portrait
1988

Sidney Nolan

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1976 (printed 2005)

David Malin

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1911

Frank Hurley OBE

Self portrait

Self portrait
2004

Peter Russell-Clarke

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1999

Rick Amor

On display: Gallery Five
On Reflection

On Reflection
2004

Hossein Valamanesh, Angela Valamanesh

On display: Gallery Two
I think of my Culture

I think of my Culture
1989

Jeffrey Samuels

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1984

Albert Tucker

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait in plus fours

Self portrait in plus fours
c. 1939 (cast 2003)

Lyndon Dadswell CMG

The Jester (self portrait)

The Jester (self portrait)
1923

Lionel Lindsay

Olly's Trolly, Freddie's Brushes

Olly's Trolly, Freddie's Brushes
1989

Murray Walker

Self portrait with gladioli

Self portrait with gladioli
1922

George Lambert

The Last Picture Show (Lewis Morley and Henry Talbot)

The Last Picture Show (Lewis Morley and Henry Talbot)
1999

Lewis Morley

Nude self portrait

Nude self portrait
1977

Lewis Morley

Self portrait in reflection

Self portrait in reflection
1973

Lewis Morley

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)
1901-1902

Hugh Ramsay

Self portrait

Self portrait
c. 1934

Stella Bowen

Self portrait

Self portrait
1990

Anne Zahalka

Self portrait

Self portrait
2002

Barry Humphries

Self portrait

Self portrait
1948

Grace Cossington Smith OBE

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait with pin-up

Self portrait with pin-up
1965

Richard Larter

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1990

Andrew Sibley

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
1990

Andrew Sibley

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait

Self portrait
late 1930s

Sir William Dargie CBE

Self portrait

Self portrait
2001

Jeffrey Smart AO

On display: Gallery Five
Self portrait in green hues

Self portrait in green hues
c. 1962

Roland Wakelin

The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
1941

Russell Drysdale

Semi self portrait, Hunter Valley

Semi self portrait, Hunter Valley
1992 (printed 2000)

David Moore

David Moore, Corio, Victoria

David Moore, Corio, Victoria
1942 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Self portrait, Cyprus

Self portrait, Cyprus
1953

David Potts

Self portrait

Self portrait
1846

George French Angas

Self portrait

Self portrait
between 1951 and 1953

Janet Dawson

On display: Gallery Three
Self portrait

Self portrait
1934

Nora Heysen AM

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester
1939

Albert Tucker

Self portrait with glove

Self portrait with glove
1939

Herbert Badham

Self portrait at easel

Self portrait at easel
1960-1961

Fred Williams

Self portrait

Self portrait
1981

Michael Shannon

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