Swan dive
2009
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021
© Estate of Destiny Deacon/ Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
- Gallery location
- Not on display
Artwork Details
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021
© Estate of Destiny Deacon/ Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
Francesco GUARDI
Girl with goats
Grace CROWLEY
Daruka – granite
Sophie Honess
A lord of the bush
Hans HEYSEN
Footballer
Sidney NOLAN
Ngayarta Kujarra
Jakayu Biljabu; Yikartu Bumba; May Chapman; Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman; Doreen Chapman; Linda James; Donna Loxton; Mulyatingki Marney; Reena Rogers; Beatrice Simpson; Ronelle Simpson; Muntararr Rosie Williams
Universal Exposition, Paris. Pavilion of the United States, Street of Nations. Belgium, cabinet print
J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer)
Chair
Carlo BUGATTI
The weight of grief
Karla Dickens
Gasometers at Clichy
Paul SIGNAC
Swanston Street from the Bridge
Henry BURN
The young mother
John LONGSTAFF
Ngura Tali - Sand Dune Country
Rene Sundown
Dr Will Maloney
John RUSSELL
Mt Sonder from the James Range
Albert Namatjira
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations, cabinet print
PIGNOLET PHOT., Paris (manufacturer)
Fragments
Cheryl Rose
Flour lumper, Dimboola
Sidney NOLAN
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor
Eugene von GUÉRARD
Kunapipi dancers
Mick Magani
Faun and nymph
Rayner HOFF
Universal Exposition, Paris. Street of Nations
WILLIAMS, BROWN & EARLE, Philadelphia (manufacturer)
The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm
John GLOVER
A place to share
Elisa Jane Carmichael
Self-portrait as Paul Foelsche
Gary Lee
Daruka – water
Sophie Honess
Iwantja Inma: Song, dance, ceremony
Alec Baker; Hughie Cullinan; Angkuna Baker; Maringka Burton; Betty Muffler
Rethinking foreign prosody intelligence
Brook ANDREW