You bite my back & I'll bite yours

You bite my back & I'll bite yours
 1981

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(104.6 × 131.2 cm)
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l: Sarah / Faulkner
inscribed in crayon on reverse u.r.: Sarah Faulkner / YOU BITE MY BACK + ILL / BITE YOURS / 81. / $200
Accession Number
AC5-1988
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Lady Grimwade, Member, 1988
© Sarah Faulkner/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Animals
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) dog (species) ducks (birds) fish (animals) kangaroo painterliness

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