SKIRT LIFTER
1900-1910
Medium
Metal hook for belt with two chains & a clip
Measurements
L.24 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Irene Mitchell, 1981
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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Exhibition
Survey 15: Relics and Rituals
Essay
Collection care and performance art at the NGV
Essay
Jean Ipoustéguy’s Death of the father at the NGV: marble, metal and lots of ink
Essay
Sacred geometry: The art and life of Reko Rennie
Essay
Exploring frames and framing in late 19th century Melbourne through the transcription of Thallon’s ledger 1888/89–1903
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Breakfast With Bonnard
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Exquisite Corpse
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Video
The Picasso Century | Online tour
Video
Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Video
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
Video
Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Video
Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
Video
Virtual Curator Tour | Goya
Video
NGVWA Presents ‘Art of Tea’
Video
Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote: Redesigning Artificial Intelligence – From Australia Out
Video
Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
Video
TIWI | Exhibition video tour
Learning Resource
Digital creatives: Sea life – NGV Triennial 2020
Video
Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
Explore the collection
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
CAMEL CLOTH
Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law
John Rogers HERBERT
Gasometers at Clichy
Paul SIGNAC
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)
Lace
(FRANCE)
Portrait of an old lady
Françoise DUPARC
(Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight)
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Jusepe de RIBERA
Throne
Carlo BUGATTI
Dress
JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer)
Dress
ENGLAND
Iris, platform sandals
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer)
Hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Dress
STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)
Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna
Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)
Jumpsuit
ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina
Thomas de KEYSER
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
Glove purse
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer)
Shoes
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Ulysses and the Sirens
John William WATERHOUSE
Little Red Riding Hood
Gustave DORÉ
Dress
ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer)
Dress
ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
The finding of the True Cross
COLA dell'Amatrice
Nova shoes
UNITED NUDE (shoemaker); Rem D. KOOLHAAS (designer); Zaha HADID (designer)
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
Forest and sun
Max ERNST