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Nude in an armchair

Nude in an armchair
 1957

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1957
© Helen Brack
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
127.6 × 107.4 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: John Brack 57
Accession Number
3754-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1957
© 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 Interiors
Subjects (specific)
armchairs green (colour) nudes (representations) pink colours rooms (interior spaces) seated figures side tables women (female humans)

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