Item - Self portrait
| ID | UNSW P 1955/0064 (082349) |
| Artist | Eric John SMITH (1919 - ) |
| Title | Self portrait |
| Alternate Titles | |
| Category | Painting |
| Medium | oil on hardboard |
| Materials | oil pigments, hardboard support |
| Edition Number | |
| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 78.00 |
| Width | 58.00 |
| Depth | 0.00 |
| Other | Original frame: 89.5 x 69 x 2.5 cms |
| Marks/Inscriptions | |
| Location | lower right corner |
| Signed | in cream pigment: Eric Smith '55 |
| Produced | |
| When | 1955 |
| Where | |
| Style | Expressionist |
| Subject | Portrait |
| Credit Line | Purchased 1955 |
| Description/Remarks | Expressionist self-portrait of the artist in a blue jacket, white shirt and blue tie, holding brushes and gazing directly at the viewer; all detailing outlined in blue; against a mottled green-coloured ground in the upper half of the image and blue-pink coloured ground in the lower half. |
| Exhibition History | Eri Smith, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, (16/03/1955 - 28/03/1955) Faces on campus: works from the University Art Collection, UNSW Library and ADFA Library, (08/02/1994 - 31/01/1995) |
| Bibliography | Rumley, K. with Carrick, J., Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection UNSW Kensington NSW Australia 1992, ill. pg.32 ISBN 0 7334 0262 3 |
