Eighteen tragic martyrs
1985
Medium
screenprinted cotton
Measurements
111.5 × 103.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2009
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2009.10
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
Fabric length.
Cotton with yellow and purple screenprinted design on white ground. Repeat design comprises faces of 18 different famous people inside oval frames running horizontally across length in rows of five divided by graphic bands.
Faces include: John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Ronald Regan, Mahatma Gandhi, Andy Warhol, Winston Churchill, Elvis Presley, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II, Jesus, Muhammad Ali, JFK, Bob Hawke?, Mozart/Beethoven.