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Fighting birds

Fighting birds
 1958

Medium
oil on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958
© Carl Plate Painting Trust
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
60.5 × 91.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in grey paint u.r.: Carl Plate 58
inscribed in black paint on reverse: FIGHTING BIRDS / CARL PLATE / 41 Rowe St SYDNEY
Accession Number
1053-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958
© Carl Plate Painting Trust
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)
Abstract Art Animals
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) blue colours cockfighting dynamism gold (colour) repetition (artistic concept) rhythm (artistic concept)

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