Self-portrait 1927
Christian Schad
German 1894-1982
Self-portrait 1927
oil on wood
76.0 x 62.0 cm
Private collection, courtesy Tate London

© Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg. VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
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The Mad SquareModernity in German Art 1910–37

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Fred WILLIAMS
Upwey landscape 1965
oil on canvas
147.5 x 183.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1965
1553-5
© Estate of Fred Williams

Fred WilliamsInfinite Horizons

Opens 7 Apr 2012

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Old Man’s Dreaming at Mitukatjirri, 1972
Tommy Mitchell Ngaanyatjarra
Kurlilypurru 2009
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
152.0 x 212.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2011
2011.244
© Tommy Mitchell, courtesy Warakurna Artists Aboriginal Corporation

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Thomas STRUTH
Pergamon Museum 1V, Berlin 2001
type C photograph
144.1 x 219.9 cm (image) 151.5 x 226.8 cm (sheet)
ed. 1/10
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of The Bowness Family Fund for Contemporary Photography, 2008
2008.518
© 2011 Thomas Struth

Looking at LookingThe Photographic Gaze

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Fred KRUGER
Wreck of the ship George Roper, Point Lonsdale (1883)
albumen silver photograph
18.4 x 27.2 cm (image)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Beryl M. Curl, 1979
PH246-1979

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Mon 9 Feb, 12.30pm

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CHI Peng
Consubstantiality 2004
type C photograph
87.5 x 116.7 cm (image) 97.2 x 126.8 cm (sheet)
ed. 2/10
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the NGV Foundation, 2004
2004.771
© Chi Peng, courtesy of Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German 1880-1938
Woman in a hat 1911
oil on canvas
95.0 x 85.0 cm
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Gift of Baron H H Thyssen-Bornemisza 1979
Photo: State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia

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Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867
watercolour, gouache and gum arabic over pencil on 2 sheets of paper
43.7 x 36.1 cm (sheet)
Surtees 75 R2
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
3266-4

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