Owl
1950
Medium
oil and pencil on canvas
Measurements
60.0 × 100.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1954
© Bernard Buffet/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black pencil u.r.: Bernard Buffet / 50
Accession Number
3084-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Animals
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) lines (artistic concept) monochrome owl (bird)
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