Medium
enamel paint on cotton gauze on cardboard
Measurements
63.8 × 76.0 cm
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
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Ballarat, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Ballarat
Accession Number
A28-1983
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Cityscapes
Subjects (specific)
air pollution Ballarat (inhabited place) buildings (structures) industrial buildings smoke (material) townscapes (representations) Victoria (state)
Movements
Angry Penguins
Frame
Reproduction, 2002, based on film footage from 1944
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