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Me I am Artist, 2022
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Arkutja (woman), 2022
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Girl with Dillybag full of Bushfood, 2022
Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Darby McCarthy OAM
Biography
Richard 'Darby' McCarthy OAM (1945–2020), former jockey who rode in three Melbourne Cups and won more than 1000 races, is a proud descendant of the Mithaka and Goongurri people of south-west and central Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
My father the artist, 2009
by Jason McCarthy
Image
Darby McCarthy, c. 1969 (printed 2019)
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2019
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy
Biography
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy is a Yanyuwa woman from Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
1 portrait in the collection
Marlene Kong
Biography
Marlene Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Marlene Rubuntja
Biography
Born in Alice Springs, Arrernte/Western Arrarnta woman Marlene Panankga Rubunjta (b.
3 portraits in the collection
'Amy-Blue' (Amy Winehouse)
Marlene Dumas
Image
Mary McCarthy, New York, 1956 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Barbara McCarthy, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Marilyn, Marlene and Kelvin Kong, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
The Mask of Barry Humphries, c. 1972
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of Marlene McCarthy 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Professor Kelvin Kong AM
Biography
Kelvin Kong AM is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Marilyn Kong
Biography
Marilyn Kong is a Worimi doctor who grew up in Port Stephens, New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection