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X-ray vanitas

X-ray vanitas
 1988

Medium
oil and enamel paint on canvas
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

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
Reproduction requests
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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