Item - The Hon. Mr Justice Clancy, Chancellor of the University of NSW

ID UNSW P 1962/0296 (082297)
Artist William Edwin PIDGEON (1909 - 1981)
Title The Hon. Mr Justice Clancy, Chancellor of the University of NSW
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium oil on canvas
Materials oil pigments, canvas support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 123.00
  Width 100.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Original frame: 142 x 119 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right
  Signed in dark brown pigment: Pidgeon '62
Produced  
  When 1962
  Where Australia
Style Realist
Subject Portrait
Credit Line Commissioned 1962
Description/Remarks    In July 1949 Clancy was appointed to the first council of the New South Wales University of Technology, Kensington (which later became known as University of New South Wales); in 1960 he became Chancellor of the University and held the post until 1970. The Hon. Sir John Sydney James Clancy KBE CMG LLB Hon D Litt (1895-1970) was appointed C.M.G. in 1964 and K.B.E. in 1967.
Exhibition History 1962 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales (01/01/1963 - 18/02/1963)
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©Reproduced with permission.

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