Medium
watercolour and pencil on paper and tracing paper
Measurements
70.2 × 213.5 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
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
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: Study for E related of History Whipstick / (Chain of ponds) / combines the idea of the reticulated / blob of splosh – ‘ blobbed from the / wilder strock (…illeg.) strokes of sandy (strock crossed out) / golden grass, ochres, with / a morphing into blobs shaped / like trees seamlessly
chopmark on centre panel u.r.: AQUARELLES ARCHES
Accession Number
2016.964
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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