Barbed wire fence
1985
Medium
oil and encaustic on canvas
Measurements
162.2 × 200.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Acquired as the winner of the Trustees' Acquisition Prize, Victorian College of the Arts, 1986
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(South Melbourne), (Melbourne), (Victoria)
Inscription
inscribed in brown fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: PETER JOHNSTONE / "BARBED WIRE / FENCE" / OCT 85.
Accession Number
DC11-1986
Department
Contemporary Art
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