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The hunt

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
The hunt
 (1942)

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
44.2 × 91.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Dr Frances Burke, 1989
© Courtesy RMIT Design Archives

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
selvedge, printed in red on white cotton: "Frances Burke" reg design - pure cotton

Accession Number
CT54-1989

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Cream ground, one colour screenprint consisting of horizontal bands of red print with negative motifs of stylised Aborigines hunting kangaroos.

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