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Picnic

Picnic
 1979-1980

Medium
oil on canvas
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

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
246.4 × 302.0 cm
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
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
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
Not on display
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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