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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Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations, from Norwegian pavilion
T. H. McALLISTER, New York
The weight of grief
Karla Dickens
Vase
ARNHEMSCHE FAYENCEFABRIEK, Arnhem (manufacturer); J. VAN ZIJL (attributed to) (decorator)
Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke
William BEECHEY
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Sidney NOLAN
Dirge
Warraba Weatherall
Circe
Bertram MACKENNAL
Kandakidj (Antilopine kangaroo)
Curly Bardkadubbu
Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
The victory of faith
St George HARE
Gifting of Country dress and scarf
Ngali, Melbourne (fashion house); Denni Francisco (designer)
Ponun - death (to our culture)
John Packham
Dying storm over the sea west of Australia. Taken by Apollo 11 on way to first lunar landing
NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer)
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
The grasshopper
Jules LEFEBVRE
Yari country
Rover Thomas
Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations, cabinet print
PIGNOLET PHOT., Paris (manufacturer)
Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations
WILLIAMS, BROWN & EARLE, Philadelphia (manufacturer)
Shield
Unknown
Chair
Carlo BUGATTI
The young mother
John LONGSTAFF
Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations. Russia, cabinet print
J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer)
Billiamook and Shannon
Gary Lee
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
Ngura Tali - Sand Dune Country
Rene Sundown
Collins St, 5p.m.
John BRACK
Kunapipi dancers
Mick Magani
Daruka – grass
Sophie Honess
Cahill Expressway
Jeffrey SMART
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI