The boxer
(c. 1940)
Medium
oil on cardboard
Measurements
53.5 × 56.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Michael Moon through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2015
© The Estate of Mary Cockburn Mercer
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Interiors Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
beds (furniture) knives lamps (lighting devices) men (male humans) Samson and Delilah (Old Testament narrative) weapons women (female humans)
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