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Sunbathers

Sunbathers
 1945

Medium
oil on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Governor, 1982
© Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
44.4 × 61.4 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: Tucker '45
Accession Number
A3-1982
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Governor, 1982
© Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation. Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art
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)
Abstract Art Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
beaches nudes (representations) reclining repose (activity) sand seas
Movements
Angry Penguins

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