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White primula
(1931)
Augustus JOHN
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
89.2 × 63.8 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint
l.r.:
John
Accession Number
407-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1937
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
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
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
flower pieces
flowers (plant components)
Provenance
Collection of J. W. Freshfield (b. 1877/78), until around 1937; Freshfield collection sale, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1937; from where purchased, on the advice of Sir Sidney Cockerell, for the Felton Bequest, 1937.
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