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Picnic

John WALKER
Picnic
 1979-1980

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
246.4 × 302.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2015
© John Walker

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r. JW 79
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: SOURCE 1979-80 / (PICniC) / John G Walker / oil on canvas
inscribed (inverted) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: picnic

Accession Number
2015.532

Department
Contemporary Art

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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art

Subjects (specific)
colours (hues or tints) layers (components) lines (artistic concept) patterns (design elements) shape (form attribute) texture (artistic concept)

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