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Cocking an ear

Cocking an ear
 (1948)

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the National Gallery Society of Victoria Century Fund, 1983
© Helen Brack
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
38.5 × 38.6 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: J. Brack
inscribed in blue pencil on reverse of frame u.c.: JOHN BRACK - NAT. GALLERY / "COCKING AN EAR TO LISTEN" - PORTRAIT - 12 GNS
Accession Number
A42-1983
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the National Gallery Society of Victoria Century Fund, 1983
© Helen Brack
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
Subjects (specific)
eyes (animal components) faces (animal components) hearing (sense) perception senses

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