We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit

We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit
 1940

Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
40.7 × 51.3 cm
Inscription
inscribed in ink l.r.: Gleeson 1940
Accession Number
1096-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous gift, 1941
© The Gleeson O’Keefe Foundation
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
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Human Figures landscapes
Subjects (specific)
coastal landscapes heads (representations) men (male humans) psychological concepts women (female humans)
Movements
Surrealism

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