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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 Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Subjects (general)
Abstract Art

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

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