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The sea baths
1966
Michael SHANNON
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
84.2 × 130.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black paint
l.l.:
Shannon 66
inscribed (vertically) in ballpoint pen on paper label on reverse
c.:
Michael Shannon / The Sea Baths / $600 1430
Accession Number
1616-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1966
© The Estate of Michael Shannon and Charles Nodrum Gallery
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life
Human Figures
Leisure, Games and Sport
Subjects (specific)
blue colours
play (recreation)
swimmers
swimming
swimming pools
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