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Renewal, to find permission

Renewal, to find permission
 1989

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
© H. Maudsley
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
205.0 × 153.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in purple paint l.l.: H. MAUDSLEY. 1989
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.l.: “RENEWAL” “ TO FIND PERMISSION”
“THE STAD (STAD crossed out) STAIR, SILK-TASSELLED PLAIT” / H. MAUDSLEY, 1989. 2050 X 1010, oil on canvas. VaN (VaN crossed out) UNVARNISHE. (UNVARNISHE. in a rectangle) (TO BE VARNISHED.) / STANDFIELD GALLERY, EXHIBITION 1989. CAT (…illeg.) 016
Accession Number
2014.334
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
© H. Maudsley
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Architecture
Subjects (specific)
chairs (furniture forms) colours (hues or tints) layers (components) lines (artistic concept) railings (balustrades) shape (form attribute) stairs

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