Apples

Artist/Maker and role
Nora Heysen (b.1911, d.2003): Artist
 Production date
1999
 About this object
Nora Heysen is best known for her still life and portrait paintings, and was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize. In 1938 she won the Prize with her portrait of Mme Elink Schuurman in 1938. She was also the first woman to be appointed as an Australian official war artist (during the Second World War).

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Artist/Maker and role
Nora Heysen (b.1911, d.2003): Artist
Collection type
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Media
Silkscreen on paper
Measurements
42.5 x 53.5cm(plate size), 56 x 76cm(paper size)
Edition
5/50
Credit line
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Michael Hobbs, 2012
Artist/Maker
Accession number
2012.236.i

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