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Chinoiseries

Chinoiseries
 (1928)

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Measurements
171.7 × 94.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Meldrum
Accession Number
211-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1934
© 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)
Costume Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
Chinese textile styles Chinese, Mandarin (language) Chinoiserie clothing folk costume full-length figures standing women (female humans)
Movements
Australian tonalism
Frame
By Jarman, Melbourne

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