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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras
 1978

Medium
collage of colour paper (streamers), cut metallic card and photocopied paper, blue fibre-tipped pen on cut paper, red ink, confetti, embossing tape, plastic, elastic and metal (staples) on brown handmade mulberry paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of David McDiarmid, 2017
© The Estate of David McDiarmid
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
collage of colour paper (streamers), cut metallic card and photocopied paper, blue fibre-tipped pen on cut paper, red ink, confetti, embossing tape, plastic, elastic and metal (staples) on brown handmade mulberry paper
Measurements
62.2 × 51.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
stamped in ink and red ink l.r.: (crown) / (kookaburra) / D
inscribed in pencil l.r.: ‘78
Accession Number
2016.256
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of David McDiarmid, 2017
© The Estate of David McDiarmid
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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