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(Laughing boy)

(Laughing boy)
 1945

Medium
pen and ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lyn Williams AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Estate of Fred Williams
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink
Measurements
15.5 × 14.3 cm (image) 23.8 × 19.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pen and blue ink, l.l.: F. W. 45
Accession Number
2022.1327
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lyn Williams AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Estate of Fred Williams
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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‘The Camera is a Dumb Recording Device’, Robert Rooney and the serial photographs in retrospect
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