Celiker family, Coolaroo
(c. 1990)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
15.3 × 22.8 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of The Hugh D. T. Williamson Foundation, Founder Benefactor, 1992
© Viv Méhes
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Coolaroo, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 1.3
typed on accompanying paper label: “I am Tayyar. My family and I came to Australia from Turkey twenty years ago. / My children were born in Australia and my youngest child is Gulsum. I have / been living in this house since 1979. I have recently become a grandfather: twenty days ago. Due to my illness I have become an invalid pensioner, / therefore I don’t work and neither does my wife. In my household there are / eight of us, this includes my daughter-in-law and my youngest grandchild. I / have worked for thirty years as an upholsterer and in various factories.” / TAYYAR, NEDIME, OZLEM, GULSUM, PINAR, CELIKER / and SERKAN VOLKAN is a friend’s son. / COOLAROO (underlined)
Accession Number
PH41-1992
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney