Pietro Annigoni 'Portrait of Joan Moynagh' earth tones

Pietro Annigoni 'Portrait of Joan Moynagh' earth tonesThis exceptional portrait by Pietro Annigoni dates to 1950 and depicts Joan Marie Moynagh at around twenty five years of age, shortly before she embarked on a successful career as a professional opera singer performing throughout Europe. The work is realised as a crayon image photo transferred onto copper a rare and technically intriguing medium within Annigonis practice. The copper plate is signed and editioned directly into the surface; this

it recalls panoramic views of Great Oyster Bay and the artist shucking six dozen oysters for his daughter's birthday

" This emboldened ferocity emanates from ‘Fire Won’t Burn…’

'Still-life study with sunflowers and a vase' ca

Joyce and the crossovers between literature

'Sea Banquet' 2012

His writing was a call for self-determination

blind embossed with the Blackman seal

'Exhibition Centre' 1982

For collectors of Blackman and figurative art

this etching is an exquisite find

She was a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria

Japanese and Chinese design and his life in Melbourne society