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Evening coming in on Sydney Harbour
1975
Brett WHITELEY
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on cotton on canvas
Measurements
228.2 × 190.0 cm
Inscription
inscribed in ink
l.r.:
'Evening coming in on 'Sydney Harbour' July-August / 1975 / B / W brett whiteley
inscribed in black paint on reverse: 'EVENING COMING IN / ON SYDNEY HARBOUR' / 1975 - OIL / Brett Whiteley
Accession Number
A8-1976
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Mrs Adrian Gibson as the winner of the 1975 Sir William Angliss Memorial Art Prize, 1976
© Wendy Whiteley/Copyright Agency
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation)
blue (colour)
evening
harbours
New South Wales (state)
Sydney (inhabited place)
Sydney Harbour
waterfronts
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