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Cupid's scissors

Peter ELLIS
Cupid's scissors
 1980

Medium
oil and resin on canvas

Measurements
111.8 × 91.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Michell Endowment, 1980
© Peter Ellis

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
inscribed in brown chalk on reverse u.c.: Cupid's Scissors" / Jan-April 80' / ellis
inscribed (vertically) in black crayon and brown chalk on reverse c.r.: "SistA / Isobelle / on / Sunday " (crossed out)
inscribed (vertically) in black crayon and brown chalk on reverse l.r.: Peter / Ellis / III yr 78 (crossed out)

Accession Number
DC9-1980

Department
Contemporary Art

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