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Four-in-one-bird (Moving)

Four-in-one-bird (Moving)
 1937; 1979-1980

Medium
oil, collage, aluminium, synthetic polymer paint, composition board, plywood, wood, electric motor and transparent synthetic polymer resin
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Elizabeth Mudge in memory of Roy Opie, 1981
© Enid Hawkins, daughter of the artist
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil, collage, aluminium, synthetic polymer paint, composition board, plywood, wood, electric motor and transparent synthetic polymer resin
Measurements
75.6 × 74.5 × 27.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Wollstonecraft, Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: F C HINDER -37/-79
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: NOT FOR SALE (N underlined) N.F.S / (...illeg.) 10gns (in a circle) / F.C. HINDER / 79 MORTON St / WOLLSTONECRAFT
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on motor platform on reverse l.r.: F.C. HINDER. / MECHINIZED -79-80
Accession Number
A12-1981
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Elizabeth Mudge in memory of Roy Opie, 1981
© Enid Hawkins, daughter of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
automation biomorphic abstraction birds (motifs) circles (plane figures) geometric abstraction geometric motifs shape (form attribute)
Movements
Kinetic Art

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