Dramatic climax

Dramatic climax
 (1944-1945)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
enamel paint on cardboard
Measurements
86.2 × 110.7 cm
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in ballpoint pen on reverse u.l.: Music 1942–43
Accession Number
A9-1982
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Merle Kemp, 1982
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
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
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
bright (colour attribute) brush strokes lines (artistic concept) red (colour)
Movements
Modernism

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