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Ritual offering
1960
Grahame KING
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
121.5 × 182.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Warrandyte, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in white paint
l.l.:
Grahame King / '60
inscribed in black fibre-tipped pen on paper label on reverse
u.l.:
'Ritual Offering" / 1960 / Oil on Hardboard / Grahame King
Accession Number
1998.160
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the artist, Fellow, 1998
© 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
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Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
brush strokes
geometric abstraction
linear forms
offerings (object genre)
overhead views
rituals (events)
texture (artistic concept)
Movements
Abstract Expressionism
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