Medium
oil on cotton on cardboard
Measurements
75.7 × 60.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Ms Rita Avdiev, Governor, 1982
© Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint u.r.: Tucker 1945
inscribed in black paint on reverse u.c.: ALBERT TUCKER / 47 ROBE ST. / ST. KILDA / VIC. (VIC. underlined)
inscribed in red paint on reverse c.: SELF PORTRAIT. / 1945 / 30 x 23¾
Accession Number
A2-1982
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) men (male humans) portrait heads self-portraits single-sitter portraits Tucker, Albert
Movements
Angry Penguins
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