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Bird on a nest

Jacques VILLON
Bird on a nest

Medium
colour lithograph

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James Mollison, 1959
© Jacques Villon/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Edition
ed. 46/220

Accession Number
345-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Animals

Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) contrast geometric abstraction geometric shape linear forms multi-coloured nests (animal architecture) texture (artistic concept)

Movements
Cubism

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The Last Big Artist in Paris, Bernard Buffet

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