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Set for 'Medea' act I

Leslie HURRY
Set for 'Medea' act I
 (1942-1953)

Medium
pen and ink, coloured inks, coloured pastels and collage

Measurements
50.4 × 75.3 cm irreg. (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
© the artist’s estate

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse l.l.: Medea / Leslie Hurry
inscribed (inverted) in blue ballpoint pen on reverse l.l.: 3 (in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: Medea / Leslie Hurry

Accession Number
2991-4

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Performing Arts Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
Ancient Greek (culture or style) Corinth (inhabited place) design drawings Greece (nation) Medea (Greek play, Euripides, 431 BCE) portals set design sets (theatrical)

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