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Trade delivers people
1989-1990

Medium
porcelain buttons, string, cotton petit point, satin mount, cotton lace, copper sheet, cane, wood frames
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Rudy Komon Fund, Governor, 1991
© Narelle Jubelin
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain buttons, string, cotton petit point, satin mount, cotton lace, copper sheet, cane, wood frames
Measurements
(a-e) 82.2 × 355.0 × 10.0 cm (installation)
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.: Narelle Jubelin / 1990.
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on Mori Gallery paper label on reverse l.c.: NARELLE JUBELIN / ASSEMBLED GERMAN TRADING PORCELAIN / BUTTON NEW GUINEA BRIDE PRICE / ARMLETTE + PETIT POINT GROUND. / TRAMP ART FRAMED / 1990 / ASSEMBLED ARMLETTE / COTTON PETIT POINT / WOODEN TRAMP ART FRAME / H. 20 x W. 33cms D. 4cms
(b) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.: Narelle Jubelin / 1990.
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on Mori Gallery paper label on reverse l.c.: NARELLE JUBELIN / ASSEMBLED VENETIAN BURANO / LACE GONDOLA + COTTON PETIT / POINT GROUND. LACE PURCHASED / VENICE 1990. / PETIT POINT PRODUCED SYDNEY 1990 / COTTON LACE / COTTON PETIT POINT / WOODEN TRAMP ART FRAME. / 30.5 X 30.5 X 4 cms.
(c) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on Mori Gallery paper label on reverse u.l.: NARELLE JUBELIN / TRADE DELIVERS PEOPLE / “Rendition of a Tortise Shell / Waterline Half Model of / ‘USN Olympia’, Circa 1895, / Included in Christie’s / Maritime Sale of Sept. 1988” / 1989 (Work 10) / Cotin Petit Point / Found Tramp Art Frame.
(e) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on Mori Gallery paper label on reverse u.c.: NARELLE JUBELIN / TRADE DELIVERS PEOPLE (underlined) / “Rendition of ‘Bark Venus’ / of Hobart Town. Engraved / South American Turtle Shell / c. 1830-35. Purchased by / the ANG 1988’ (Work 12) / 1989 / Cotin Petit Point / Found Tramp Art Frame.
Accession Number
A4.a-e-1991
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Rudy Komon Fund, Governor, 1991
© Narelle Jubelin
Gallery location
Not on display