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Mouseketeers (Ship of fools)

Ian HOWARD
Mouseketeers (Ship of fools)
 (1993)

Medium
white metal, bronze, pewter, plastic, car body filler

Measurements
(a-n) 38.3 × 33.7 × 12.9 cm (variable) (installed)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1994
© Ian Howard/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
S7.a-n-1994

Department
Australian Sculpture

Physical description
Consists of a ship the body of which is filled with a cargo of fighter planes and with the figurehead of the American cartoon character Mickey Mouse, balanced upon the shoulders of a headless figure of a late 19th century peasant worker

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