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Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers
 (1929)

Medium
wood-engraving on Japanese paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. J. Quirk, 1971
© Estate of Clare Leighton
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving on Japanese paper
Measurements
14.4 × 10.9 cm (image) 17.8 × 14.9 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 132
Edition
ed. 23/30
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 23/30 Skyscrapers
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Clare Leighton (on underlined)
Accession Number
P19-1971
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. J. Quirk, 1971
© Estate of Clare Leighton
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
cities construction (assembling) construction sites construction workers cranes (equipment) high-rise buildings skyscrapers smoke (material)

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