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Study for The quest
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
61.3 × 40.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in green paint l.l.: B.Hall (Hall underlined)
inscribed in pen and ink on accompanying label: "The Quest" (he Quest underlined) / I sent my Soul through the Invisible, / Some letter of that After (...illeg.) life to spell: " / Omar Khayyam . (ar Khayyam underlined) / L. Bernard Hall. / National Gallery / Melbourne (bou underlined) . Australia
Accession Number
2004.182
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
drapery (representations) extraterrestrial bodies moons nudes (representations) sky women (female humans)