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City of Fremantle Art Collection > Records

Self-portrait

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Robert (Bob) Birch

1985

Overview

Charcoal, pastel, watercolour and ink

Historical information

This work is from the Fremantle Arts Centre / Arts Access 1986 touring exhibition Self-Portrait Drawings by 24 West Australian Artists in 1985.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-7-13

Item type

Themes

Art and Design
People

Material

Charcoal (Material)

Width

77.2000 cm

Height or length

96.9000 cm

Contextual Information

Robert Birch was born in Western Australia in 1939 and studied in the United Kingdom. He travelled in the Middle East before returning to Perth in 1967. Birch taught art before becoming a full-time painter and exhibiting his work in Perth, Hobart, London and Singapore.

Keywords

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

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