X-ray vanitas

X-ray vanitas
 1988

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil and enamel paint on canvas
Measurements
166.5 × 121.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk on reverse u.c.: X – RAY VANITAS: IDENTITY SKIRT” / S Smart / 1988 / OIL AND ENAMEL ON LINEN / 167 X 122 CM / SALLY SMART © 1988
Accession Number
2018.1044
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Leonard and Elana Warson through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© Sally Smart/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
body parts dresses (garments) eyes (animal components) mortality shoes (footwear) skeletons (animal components) veils (headcloths) women (female humans)

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Essay
Every Brilliant Eye: Australian Art of the 1990s

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