Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
41.0 × 102.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
© National Gallery of Victoria
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: John Brack 55
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse u.c.r.: "THE CAR" / JOHN BRACK 1955
Accession Number
3301-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Travel
Subjects (specific)
automobiles children (people by age group) driving families (kinship groups) journeys smiling women (female humans)
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