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Station blacks, Cape York

Station blacks, Cape York
 (1953)

Medium
oil on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
© Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
60.5 × 72.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Russell Drysdale
Accession Number
3054-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
© Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate
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)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation) Cape York (inhabited place) children (people by age group) families (kinship groups) farms indigenous people Queensland (state)

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