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Power suits
The fit within the frame
Exhibition
Celebrate the fashion icon in a playful display of more than 100 collection works and select loans. Meet significant Australians in their finest from Johnny O’Keefe, Sherbet and Nicole Kidman to influential judges, politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists.
Grace Cossington Smith OBE
Self portrait, 1948
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Purchased 2002
an unknown artist
Portrait of Mrs Fairfax, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Francis Reiss
Portrait of Paddy Japaljarrii Stewart, 2004
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Max Dupain OBE
Sydney Ure Smith, 1948
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, half tone on paper
Purchased 1999
Sahlan Hayes
Joshua Ross, 2006
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on resin-coated paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Girl with Dillybag full of Bushfood, 2022
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Me I am Artist, 2022
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Arkutja (woman), 2022
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Jeffrey Smart AO
Self portrait, 2001
Portrait, charcoal and pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 2002
Penny Tweedie
Sharon Atkinson-Firebrace, c. 2000
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Eric Smith
Richard Divall OBE in the church mantle of the Order of Malta, 1999
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Richard Divall AO OBE 2017
Penny Tweedie
Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn, c. 2000
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Christine A. Pecket
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat, 1936
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2020
Lewis Morley
Babette Hayes, London, early 1960s
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Adelaide Perry
Rachel Roxburgh, 1939
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2018