Ancestral Memory II
2019
Medium
glass
Measurements
(a-t) 55.6 × 181.0 × 181.0 cm (variable) (installation)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020
© Maree Clarke / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2020.143.a-t
Department
First Nations Australia
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William Quiller ORCHARDSON
Universal Exposition, Paris. 231. Street of Nations, Belgium, stereograph
J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer)
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
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T. H. McALLISTER, New York
Shearing the rams
Tom ROBERTS
Vase
ARNHEMSCHE FAYENCEFABRIEK, Arnhem (manufacturer); J. VAN ZIJL (attributed to) (decorator)
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Alec Baker; Eric Barney
Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke
William BEECHEY
Universal Exposition, Paris. 128. Street of Nations, English facade, stereograph
J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer)
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John Packham
Daruka – grass
Sophie Honess
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Henry BURN
Cahill Expressway
Jeffrey SMART
Kunapipi dancers
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Little Lonsdale Street
Sam ATYEO
Initiation
Reko Rennie
Universal Exposition, Paris. Pavilion of the United States, Street of Nations. Belgium, cabinet print
J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer)
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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Jusepe de RIBERA
Faun and nymph
Rayner HOFF
Yari country
Rover Thomas
Gifting of Country dress and scarf
Ngali, Melbourne (fashion house); Denni Francisco (designer)
Shoalhaven Gorge, New South Wales
Margaret PRESTON
The thinker
Auguste RODIN
Ulysses and the Sirens
John William WATERHOUSE