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Grimacing faces, jug

Grimacing faces, jug
 1982

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1982
© Murray Walker, Chris Sanders
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
30.5 × 25.2 × 19.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
incised in neck: Murray Walker 10.6.82 (Murray Walker underlined)
Accession Number
D37-1982
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1982
© Murray Walker, Chris Sanders
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Jug with swelling body and vertical neck; the handle applied beneath the shoulder; the black glaze on the neck incised with a frieze of heads; the yellow ground of the body painted in black in an expressionistic manner with grotesque and grimacing heads.

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