Medium
enamel paint on cotton gauze on cardboard
Measurements
63.5 × 75.7 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
Wimmera, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: Nolan / Bathers / 1943
Accession Number
A26-1983
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation) bathers piers (marine landings) ships Victoria (state) Wimmera Shire (administrative division)
Movements
Angry Penguins
Frame
Reproduction, 2002, based on film footage from 1944
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