Beulah Purton
(1981)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
(a-c) 28.5 × 12.9 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1984
© Viv Méhes
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.r.: E-A-Buelah Purton (A underlined)
(b) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.r.: E-B-Buelah Purton (B underlined)
(c) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: E-C-Beulah Purton. (C underlined)
typed on accompanying paper label: BUELAH PURTON / Buelah Purton is Australian and has worked as a tea / woman in factories for thirty years. She is now / retired. / Despite the advances made by women in the workforce / in recent years they are still seen by society as a / whole as an insignificant feature of the economy, and / their right to work is regarded merely as a licence.
Accession Number
PH288.a-c-1984
Department
Australian Photography
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