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The silent lake
Franz KEMPF
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
90.2 × 109.2 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint
l.r.:
Kempf
inscribed in blackpencil on reverse: "The Silent Lake" inscribed in blue paint on reverse: "SONNENWENde" Franz Kempf
Accession Number
1745-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1967
© Courtesy of the artist
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)
biomorphic abstraction
shape (form attribute)
warm colours
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