Smelters landscape
1983
Medium
pastel
Measurements
(64.8 × 91.1 cm) (image) (67.8 × 91.1 cm) (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Dr David Rosenthal, Governor, 1995
© Jan Senbergs/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pastel (in image) l.r.: J. Senbergs / '83.
Accession Number
1995.384
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Physical description
Illustrates an aspect of the mining settlement at Queenstown around Mt. Lyell in Tasmania. Drawn in an energetic, almost expressionistic manner, this image depicts the results of human activity in the area; a radically altered landscape and highly polluted atmosphere.