Couple, slab forms
(1980)
Medium
stoneware, pencil, pastel
Measurements
(a) 53.9 × 21.8 × 5.3 cm
(b) 53.9 × 21.9 × 5.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981
© John Johnson
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Accession Number
D156.a-b-1981
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Pair of unglazed, white rectangular slabs with horizontal, broken pencil division and areas of corrugated texture on both slabs with passages of pale blue, pink and yellow colour.
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