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Male head

WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer), Glenys BARTON (designer)
Male head
 (c. 1976)

Medium
stoneware

Measurements
37.8 × 23.4 × 29.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981
© Glenys Barton, courtesy of Flowers Gallery, London and New York

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Accession Number
D160-1981

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Slip-cast over life-size head of man with mottled glaze in tones of pale grey, ochre and purplish pink. Tiny figures of men and women have been impressed on the right cheek & back of the skull.

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