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Channel crossing

Channel crossing
 (1939-1940)

Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1951
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Measurements
43.2 × 53.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: Eric Wilson
Accession Number
2895-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Marines and Seascapes Travel
Subjects (specific)
ferries (vessels) hats reading (activity) travellers (people by activity) women (female humans)

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Essay
The lost art of Federation: Australia’s quest for modernism

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