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Melbourne's oldest chef

Melbourne's oldest chef
 1934

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1969
© Estate of Arnold Shore
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
86.8 × 51.9 cm
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.r.: Shore / 34
Accession Number
97-6
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1969
© Estate of Arnold Shore
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)
Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery Portraits
Subjects (specific)
chef's toques chefs elderly men (male humans)

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