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This is going to auction on 18 August:
signed and dated 'Fred Woodhouse / 1901' lower right
oil on canvas
68.5 x 50.0cm (26 15/16 x 19 11/16in).
"Frederick Woodhouse Jr's painting of Geoff Moriarty is one of the earliest portraits of an Australian rules football player. Moriarty played in the Victorian Football Association, as it was then known, for the Fitzroy Football Club, from its inception in 1897. He would steer the team to premierships in 1899 and 1905 whilst also runners up in 1900 and 1906 before he became their first official coach in 1911. Jack Moriarty, who inherited the painting, was also a club legend in Fitzroy football and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004."
Hopefully it finds its way into the National Sports Museum or some other collection on public show.
signed and dated 'Fred Woodhouse / 1901' lower right
oil on canvas
68.5 x 50.0cm (26 15/16 x 19 11/16in).
"Frederick Woodhouse Jr's painting of Geoff Moriarty is one of the earliest portraits of an Australian rules football player. Moriarty played in the Victorian Football Association, as it was then known, for the Fitzroy Football Club, from its inception in 1897. He would steer the team to premierships in 1899 and 1905 whilst also runners up in 1900 and 1906 before he became their first official coach in 1911. Jack Moriarty, who inherited the painting, was also a club legend in Fitzroy football and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004."
Hopefully it finds its way into the National Sports Museum or some other collection on public show.
