The blind beggar

The blind beggar
 (1938)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
90.4 × 55.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in white on reverse u.l.: P.P.S.
Accession Number
2250-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Purves Smith, 1950
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
beggars blind (people) blue colours canes (walking sticks) full-length figures men (male humans) poverty

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