Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
122.2 × 183.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
© Charles Blackman/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint l.r.: Blackman / 1960
Accession Number
724-5
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
grey (colour) half figures red (colour) repose (activity) silhouettes street scenes women (female humans)
Movements
Antipodeans Modernism
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