Documents of the Spon 5
(1961)
Medium
artist's book: pen and ink, collage of printed and handwritten cards, found handwritten notes, pressed flowers, fabric, and printed clippings, blue paper cover, stapled binding
Measurements
26.1 × 19.4 × 0.3 cm (closed)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Robert Rooney, 2023
© Estate of Robert Rooney
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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Information exchange: Robert Rooney and Roger Cutforth
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Ross Coulter: Audience
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John Kaldor’s early Art Projects and the NGV
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The gallery of air
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Video art at the National Gallery of Victoria: 1973–78
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Fragile memories: Keith Haring and the Water Window Mural at the National Gallery of Victoria
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Index 1945–2010
Exhibition
Good Looking
Exhibition
Endless Present
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Old Volvo with tiny bird
Jenny WATSON
Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor
Eugene von GUÉRARD
Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
A lord of the bush
Hans HEYSEN
Untitled
Roger KEMP
The communal mangle
Peter ELLIS
Spider
Peter ELLIS
Faces
Gareth SANSOM
Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night
J. M. W. TURNER
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
The young mother
John LONGSTAFF
Melbourne 3001
Peter ELLIS
Yellow
Tony TUCKSON
Peonies and head of a woman
John RUSSELL
The babe is wise
Lina BRYANS
The turkey feather
Peter ELLIS
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
Bosch study #4
Jon CATTAPAN
Girl with goats
Grace CROWLEY
Pepita
Florence RODWAY
Circe
Bertram MACKENNAL
Cahill Expressway
Jeffrey SMART
The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm
John GLOVER
Great dancing pair
Erich HECKEL
Genesis
Pam HALLANDAL
Shield
Unknown
Terum Singh 1917
Peter DREW
The pioneer
Frederick McCUBBIN
Little Red Riding Hood
Gustave DORÉ