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After grassfire
1944
Sidney NOLAN
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
enamel paint on canvas
Measurements
64.0 × 76.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Dimboola, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse: Jan 44 / Dimboola
inscribed in black crayon on reverse: NOLAN ICA No 9 Wimmera Landscape
inscribed in blue ink on reverse: grass / after fire / bush in wheat paddocks / Jan 1944 / Dimboola
Accession Number
A33-1983
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Sidney and Lady Nolan, 1983
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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)
Landscapes
Nature
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation)
bird's-eye views
Dimboola (inhabited place)
fire damage
Victoria (state)
wooded landscapes
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Angry Penguins
Frame
Reproduction, 2002, based on film footage from 1944
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