Missing portraits on show in Archie 100 - a century of the Archibald Prize

Geraldine Cardozo
May 3 2021 - 7:00pm
 DOUBLE TAKE: Archibald Prize entries Matron Muriel Doherty, RAAFNS,1948 by Alfreda Marcovitch, oil on canvas, 84.6 x 71.1cm, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Estate of Alfreda Marcovitch.Right: The Honourable John Howard, MP 1979 by Josonia Palaitis, oil on linen, 186 x 186cm, collection of the artist Josonia Palaitis
DOUBLE TAKE: Archibald Prize entries Matron Muriel Doherty, RAAFNS,1948 by Alfreda Marcovitch, oil on canvas, 84.6 x 71.1cm, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Estate of Alfreda Marcovitch.Right: The Honourable John Howard, MP 1979 by Josonia Palaitis, oil on linen, 186 x 186cm, collection of the artist Josonia Palaitis

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Geraldine Cardozo

Geraldine Cardozo

Features Editor - The Senior

Features Editor at The Senior.