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A feathered dancer, platter

Murray WALKER (decorator), Chris SANDERS (thrower)
A feathered dancer, platter
 1982

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
4.7 × 34.6 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1984
© Murray Walker & Chris Sanders

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
painted in black on base: 26 · 5 · 1982. / Murray Walker (underlined) / 'a / feathered / dancer'

Accession Number
D2-1984

Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Physical description
Decorated in colours with the grotesque figure of a woman in net stockings on a black background, the border splashed with yellow and ochre and painted on the reverse of the border with multi-coloured daubs.

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