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Nylon tubes within folded newsprint
(1977)
Elizabeth GOWER
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
nylon fabric, newsprint, resin, pigment and bulldog clips
Measurements
162.0 × 210.0 cm
Accession Number
1996.109
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Michell Endowment, 1977 Transferred to the Permanent Collection, 1996
© Courtesy of the artist and the Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
assemblages (sculpture)
mixed media works
patterns (design elements)
repetition (artistic concept)
translucency
zigzags
Physical description
A wall hanging assemblage of paper, nylon cloth and sheets of plastic which, when painted or coated with resin or pigment, create delicate changes of colour and translucent and opaque patterns and delicate light effects.
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