The offering: Truganini

The offering: Truganini
 1960

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
48.4 × 40.4 × 57.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Murrumbeena, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
painted in black inside base: DAVID BOYD / 1960
Accession Number
D13-1983
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Guy Boyd and Mrs Phyllis E. Boyd, Fellows, 1983
© The Estate of David and Hermia Boyd
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
Sculptural work showing a half-length figure clasping a head, made from manipulated wheel-thrown forms and glazed in mottled green

Explore the collection

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 Galaxy Don WREFORD Ring Inge KING Large open-necked vase Chris SANDERS Anguish August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK Initiation Reko Rennie Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Collins St, 5p.m. John BRACK Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Dulka Warngiid Birmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha; Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori; Warthadangathi Bijarrba Ethel Thomas; Thunduyingathi Bijarrb May Moodoonuthi; Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul; Wirrngajingathi Bijarrb Kurdalalngk Dawn Naranatjil; Rayarriwarrtharrbayingathi Mingungurra Amy Loogatha Two old men disputing REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn Cahill Expressway Jeffrey SMART The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Molluscoid Peter TRAVIS Ring with copper and silver decoration Inge KING Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Belt buckle (Egyptian head) PIEL FRÈRES, Paris (manufacturer) Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Erotic landscape sphere 4 Peter TRAVIS Tea Trees near Cape Schanck, Victoria Eugene von GUÉRARD Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Settle J. H. CROWTHER PANEL Melbourne? (manufacturer) Blind faith HJ Wedge Erotic landscape sphere 1 Peter TRAVIS