Daniel Thomas, Henley Beach, Adelaide

Ian North
Australia
1945

Daniel Thomas, Henley Beach, Adelaide
1987; printed 2015
type C photograph
Place made
Adelaide
Medium
type C photograph
Dimensions
45.5 x 36.4 cm (image)
56.0 x 47.0 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Gift of the artist through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Accession number
20162Ph15
Signature and date
Signed and dated, fibre-tipped pen, l.l.-bot. c. "Ian North … January 1987".
Media category
Photograph
Collection area
Australian Photographs
Copyright
© Ian North

  • WALL LABEL: Public Image, Private Lives: Family, Friends and Self in Photography, 2016

     

    Portraits are rarely found in the oeuvre of South Australian artist, Ian North. North and Daniel Thomas – at that time Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia – had been friends for many years and this photograph was taken quite spontaneously on a social outing at Henley Beach. North was inspired by the late afternoon light – its pearly opalescent quality seemed just perfect for a portrait of Thomas.

     

    This work is Thomas’s favourite portrait of himself and has never been exhibited before. 

     

    Julie Robinson, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs

     

  • Public Image, Private Lives: Family, Friends and Self in Photography

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 5 February 2016 – 18 September 2016
  • [Book] Thomas, Daniel, Fink, Hannah, et al. Writing Australian Art.
    Complimentary copy to come.
  • [Book] Osborne, Margot. The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000.