The white lion

The white lion
(Le Lion blanc)
 1936

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
Decalcomania, white gouache on black paper
Measurements
18.9 × 24.2 cm
Accession Number
2013.603
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Prints and Drawings, 2013
© Oscar Dominguez/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Animals
Subjects (specific)
black-and-white (colours) decalcomania (technique) lion (species) outlines (linear form) silhouettes surface element components surface texture
Movements
Modernism

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Essay
Oscar Domínguez’s La couturière: contexts, sources and symbols

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