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Essential Blue

Robyn STACEY
Essential Blue
 1997

Medium
cibachrome photograph

Measurements
(a) 60.9 × 99.0 cm
(b) 63.9 × 96.0 cm 124.8 × 108.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Accession Number
1997.304.a-b

Department
Australian Photography

Physical description
Work shows the decayed remnants of two poppies photographed by the artist six months after having been picked. While the petals have withered, the flowers basic form remains. The poppies are photographed close up and printed to a large size in saturated colours.

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