Portrait – Moomba Queen – Marianne Perrott 1974

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Registration number

1284034

Artist/maker

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Title

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Marianne Perrott

Production date

1974

Medium

paper, ink, wood

Dimensions (H x W x D)

54.5 x 43 cm (framed)

Inscriptions

1974

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Moomba, Queen, Portrait, Marianne Perrot, 1974

Summary

Framed colour photograph of 1974 Moomba Queen, Marianne Perrott. Born in 1954, Perrott was a 20-year-old graphic arts student at Swinburne College of Technology when she won the 1974 Moomba Queen title. She wears the Medieval-inspired new lightweight wool robe designed by Keith Clarke. Note that the Sun reports that this robe was introduced in 1971, but portraits show the red pleated robe being worn at that time. This full-length photograph appears to have been taken at the crowning ceremony.