In this petite portrait, Anne Marie Hall paints an enigmatic face. Despite the vivid colour palette, her subject veers towards reticence, gazing into the distance as though caught in a memory. Hall’s handle of colour and form is emboldened, enriched by her sense of psychological complexity. What is this moon-faced figure contemplating?

Like Joy Hester and Mirka Mora, Hall forged a compelling female voice in the otherwise male dominated realm of Australian modernism. That her practice was at times overshadowed by her marriage to John Perceval is a testament to the era’s issues with gender parity. Now however, described at the last Antipodean Expressionist by critic Jeff Makin, and collected by The National Gallery of Australia, the Ian Potter Museum and Geelong Gallery, her absence is being redressed.

Painted in plums, blue and brilliant yellows, ‘Untitled (Prismatic Portrait)’ is a beautifully rendered work, a jewel to collection of portraits, modernist art and female artists.

Anne Marie HALL (1945 - )
'Untitled (Prismatic Portrait)' 1966
oil on board
Image Size: 20 x 15 cm
Dimensions: 37 x 32 x 4 cm
Signed: Signed with initials 'AH' lower left
Comes with Letter of Provenance
 
Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.
 
(c) The Artist or Assignee