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Survival

Survival
 1942

Medium
oil on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Amcor Limited, Fellow, 1982
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
125.5 × 92.0 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black and brown paint l.l.: Survival / Perceval (Perceva underlined) '42
Accession Number
A8-1982
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Amcor Limited, Fellow, 1982
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
children (people by age group) feeding poverty starvation suffering survival
Movements
Angry Penguins Modernism

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