Self portrait ll with hat
c. 1925Oil on card on Masonite
Self Portrait ll with hat was painted in a studio setting in Paris c 1925, when the artist was in her mid-forties. The work was uncovered from the reverse of another painting, possibly The Russian Countess, following conservation in late 1970's.
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The association of the City of Fremantle Art Collection with the then newly established Fremantle Art Gallery in 1978 (Short Street building which closed in 1987) fostered a significant donation of 43 drawings and paintings by Kathleen O’Connor, C.Y. O'Connor's youngest daughter. This important gift drawn from the family holding was made by Sir Ernest Lee-Steere on behalf of his mother Lady (Bridget) Lee-Steere, the artists’ sister. Immediately the O’Connor gift proved a popular drawcard for the Collection at the Gallery and established the largest public collection of the artist’s painting in Australia.
