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Hardware backpack

Hardware backpack
 (c. 1995)

Medium
screenprinted waxed canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1998
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
screenprinted waxed canvas
Measurements
84.0 × 29.0 × 5.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
label, (machine sewn to front of backpack), woven in gold metallic thread on black cotton: MATTHEW FLINN
Accession Number
1998.87
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1998
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A black canvas backpack, printed in metallic gold pigment with the hardware pattern comprising motifs such as hammers, spanners, chisels and pliers.

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