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Fettlers
(1957)
Lawrence DAWS
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
90.6 × 137.6 cm
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse
u.c.:
MEDIUM OIL ON MASONITE / ARTIST: LAWRENCE M. DAWS TITLE: "FETTLERS" / ADDRESS: REAR, 1 GORDON GROVE / MALVERN. VIC
Accession Number
3714-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1957
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art
Human Figures
Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic
men (male humans)
railroads (infrastructure)
tracks (transit system elements)
workers
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