DETAIL: Grace COSSINGTON SMITH,  'Interior in yellow', 1964, oil on composition board, National Gallery of Australia
 
 
Grace COSSINGTON SMITH | The Smithkin calendar (for 1912)

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The Smithkin calendar (for 1912)
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COSSINGTON SMITH, Grace
Australia 1892 – Australia 1984
UK, Europe 1912-14; UK, Italy 1949-51
The Smithkin calendar (for 1912)
Folio of drawings 1911
Watercolour
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil [recto] on paper; pencil [verso]
on paper
sheet 26.6 (h) x 25.0 (w) cm
sight 23.8 (h) x 23.0 (w) cm
not signed, not date inscribed as part of image "The Smithkin/Calendar/for/1912"
NGA 1976.705.51.12AB
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Grace Cossington Smith was close to her immediate family and retained a deep attachment to her home environment throughout her life. This affection is reflected in her earliest known works including portraits of her mother and of other family members. The family had a penchant for nicknames and playfully referred to themselves as the Smithkins. Among these very early works on paper are images of her brother Gordon as a young boy, including those on a number of Smithkin calendars that she created.

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