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Owl

Owl
 1950

Medium
oil and pencil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1954
© Bernard Buffet/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

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