Contemplation
1951
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
64.2 × 77.0 cm irreg.
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
© Owen Carington Smith and Julie Marshall
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint l.r.: Carington Smith 51
Accession Number
3113-4
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Interiors Portraits
Subjects (specific)
gaze (psychoanalytical concept) interior views rooms (interior spaces) seated figures women (female humans)
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