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Design for a desk

Sam ATYEO
Design for a desk
 (c. 1933-c. 1936)

Medium
pencil and gouache on grey paper

Measurements
9.0 × 20.9 cm irreg. (image) 20.8 × 24.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1988
© The Estate of Sam Atyeo, courtesy of Nevill Keating Pictures, London

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
printed (inverted) in ink on reverse l.l.: QUAL. NO. 1900 REF. 10 / 200 grams per sqm.

Accession Number
P15-1988

Department
Australian Prints & Drawings

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Essay
The lost art of Federation: Australia’s quest for modernism

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