• Title
  [Portrait of Morris West], 1985 / oil painting by Judy Cassab
• Creator
  Judy Cassab, 1920-2015
• Call number
  ML 1498
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1985
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  1009064
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on canvas - visible image 116 x 95 cm., in frame 132 x 100 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Judy Cassab and Morris West were close friends, with West once describing her as "the portraitist without malice". The portrait was used for the cover of his autobiographical work 'A View from the Ridge', published by Harper Collins in 1996.
  
  References:
  Library correspondence file
  
  
• Collection history
  Previously owned by the family of Morris West
• Scope and Content
  This portrait is an oil on canvas of an earlier prepartory sketch which shows Australian novelist Morris West seated at his desk with books open and placed around him.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: Estate of Judy Cassab
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: All commercial use of works by Judy Cassab should be referred to the copyright collecting agency - VISCOPY.
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Judy Cassab
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed and dated lower right corner 'Cassab '85'
• Name
  West, Morris, 1916-
  
• Subject
  Women artists--Australia--21st century.
  Authors, Australian--20th century.
  Authors, Australian--Portraits.
  
• Topic
  authors
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE18219204

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