Buried painting – Woomera
1990
Medium
watercolour over pencil
Measurements
(a-b) 66.1 × 104.2 cm irreg. (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Roderick Carnegie in memory of his wife Carmen through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2016
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
(a) inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: 20 July 1990 / ‘Sandhills, Mt. Gunson / Near Woomera
inscribed in pencil l.l.: John Wolseley
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: When I woke at dawn I / could see mist resting in / the swales of the sand / hills. During the night / an emu walked right / past my swag. Footprints / into the distance. / I do not known where it was going. / Or where it is / now or where it
(b) inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: is (…illeg.) (…illeg.)
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: (…illeg.)
Accession Number
2016.988.a-b
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings