Salespon 4: The heroic platypus – An antipozantine fantasy
(1960)
Medium
artist's book: pen and brush and brown and black ink, gouache and collage, [16] pages, paper cover, taped binding
Measurements
21.7 × 14.0 cm (page) 22.1 × 14.6 × 0.2 cm (closed) 22.1 × 29.3 × 0.2 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2019
© John Adam
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sale, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink on front cover u.c.: THE HEROIC PLATYPUS
inscribed in pen and ink on front cover l.c.: AN ANTIPOZANTINE FANTASY
printed in ink on paper label on front cover l.r.: 4
Accession Number
2019.111
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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