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Constructive painting

Ralph BALSON
Constructive painting
 1950

Medium
oil on composition board

Measurements
122.0 × 121.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© Ralph Balson Estate

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Gallery location
Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
inscribed in white paint l.l.: R. Balson. /50.
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: Constructive Painting (…illeg.) Ralph Balson / (…illeg.) 1950

Accession Number
96-6

Department
Australian Painting

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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Nonrepresentational Art

Subjects (specific)
flat (form attributes) geometric abstraction geometric shape olive (colour) patterns (design elements) rectangles repetition (artistic concept) shape (form attribute)

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