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Woman (Self-portrait)

Woman (Self-portrait)
 (1952)

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Marjorie Webster Memorial, Governor, 1990
© The Estate of Nancy Borlase
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Measurements
55.1 × 42.9 cm
Inscription
inscribed in red paint u.l.: NB (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on paper label on reverse u.l.: Nancy Borlase / 7 Linsley St / Gladesville
inscribed in blue paint on paper label on reverse u.c.l.: NANCY BORLASE
inscribed in pencil on paper label on reverse l.c.r.: 1952
inscribed in pencil on paper label on reverse l.c.l.: NANCY BORLASE / “WOMAN” / – / SELF PORTRAIT
Accession Number
A6-1990
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Marjorie Webster Memorial, Governor, 1990
© The Estate of Nancy Borlase
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 Emotions and Mental States Portraits
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) Borlase, Nancy busts (general, figures) heads (animal components) self-portraits three-quarter views women (female humans)

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