John PERCEVAL

Lover's walk in the corn, summer, England
1964

Medium

oil and toy mouse on canvas

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Fingal Pastoral Property Limited, Fellow, 1997
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

oil and toy mouse on canvas

Measurements

76.5 × 91.4 cm

Place/s of Execution

Highgate, London, England

Inscription

inscribed in black paint Perceval / '64

Accession Number

1997.151

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Fingal Pastoral Property Limited, Fellow, 1997
© 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)

Landscapes Nature

Subjects (specific)

brush strokes complexity (artistic concept) cornstalk fields (land) flower (plant material) impasto mouse (animal) United Kingdom (nation)

Movements

Angry Penguins Antipodeans

Physical description

Shows a golden cornfield surrounded by flowers, the most prominent being white dahlias. Once again the paint is applied with great vigour and dribbled and scratched onto the surface. A toy mouse is afixed to the lower right hand corner of the composition.

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John PERCEVAL

Lover's walk in the corn, summer, England
1964