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Dramatic climax

Dramatic climax
 (1944-1945)

Medium
enamel paint on cardboard
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Merle Kemp, 1982
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
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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
Reproduction requests
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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