Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990

Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990

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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

John Bellany, R.A.

My Father

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October 21, 06:30 PM GMT

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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

John Bellany, R.A.

1942 - 2013


My Father 

titled and dated 1980 (lower right)

oil on canvas 

68 by 69 ¾ in.

172.7 by 177.2 cm.

Executed in 1980.

Rosa Esman Gallery, New York

Richard S. Zeisler, New York (acquired from the above in 2007)

Acquired by bequest from the above in 2007 by the present owner

London, The Acme Gallery, John Bellany: Recent Paintings and Drawings, May - June 1980

Birmingham, Ikon Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery; Glasgow, Third Eye Center, Rochdale Art Gallery; Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery and Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, John Bellany: Paintings 1972 –1982, February 1983 - September 1984, no. 14, n.p, illustrated