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Night bird

John HOYLAND
Night bird
 2003

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Measurements
127.7 × 76.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Annabel and Rupert Myer AM through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
© John Hoyland/DACS, London. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
England

Inscription
inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: NIGHT BIRD / 22.7.2003 / 50 X 30 / John Hoyland

Accession Number
2014.380

Department
Contemporary Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Subjects (general)
Abstract Art

Subjects (specific)
birds (motifs) circles (plane figures) concentric drip painting night

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