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Fish

Fish
 1946

Medium
colour monotype
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948
© Margaret Preston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour monotype
Measurements
39.7 × 39.0 cm irreg. (image) 47.6 × 40.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butler 342
Inscription
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: M. P. / 1946
inscribed in pencil l.l.: monotype Fish
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Margaret Preston
Accession Number
1867-4
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948
© Margaret Preston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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