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Smelters landscape

Smelters landscape
 1983

Medium
pastel
Measurements
(64.8 × 91.1 cm) (image) (67.8 × 91.1 cm) (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pastel (in image) l.r.: J. Senbergs / '83.
Accession Number
1995.384
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
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.