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The dressmaker

The dressmaker
(La Couturière)
 1943

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Eugénie Crawford Bequest, 2014
© Oscar Dominguez/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia Sydney
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Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(71.8 × 49.0 cm) 84.3 × 61.0 cm (framed)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: O.DOMINGUEZ / 9-8-43
Accession Number
2014.489
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Eugénie Crawford Bequest, 2014
© Oscar Dominguez/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia Sydney
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
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Costume Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
dressmakers seated figures sewing (needleworking technique) sewing machines (equipment) women (female humans)
Movements
Surrealism

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

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