Chinoiseries

Chinoiseries
 (1928)

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
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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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