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Olympia

Olympia
 (c. 1950)

Medium
pen and ink and oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1967
© Estate of Godfrey Miller/John Henshaw
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink and oil on canvas
Measurements
41.2 × 61.6 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: Godfrey Miller
overinscribed on previous inscription in grey paint l.r.: Godfrey Miller
Accession Number
A8-1994
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1967
© Estate of Godfrey Miller/John Henshaw
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Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Sites
Subjects (specific)
geometric shape Greece (nation) lines (geometric concept) Olympia (deserted settlement) rectangles ruins trees trees
Movements
Modernism

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