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Another murder at the Anvil II

Another murder at the Anvil II
 1979

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of an anonymous donor, 1984
© Rainer Fetting
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
(a-b) 270.5 × 380.1 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
New York, United States
Inscription
(b) inscribed in orange paint l.c.: Anoth / Murde / at / the / Anvil / N.Y. / 79
Accession Number
IC2.a-b-1984
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of an anonymous donor, 1984
© Rainer Fetting
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)
Human Figures Performing Arts Violence
Subjects (specific)
bars (commercial buildings) boots (footwear) dancing (activity) LGBTQ+ murders (deaths) New York (inhabited place) nightclubs nudity
Movements
Neo-Expressionism

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Essay
Sites of refuge, connection, creation, resistance and loss: the queer bar and nightclub in the twentieth century

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