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Summer in the you beaut country

Summer in the you beaut country
 1962

Medium
oil on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Frank McDonald, Fellow, 1978
© Estate of John Olsen/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
(a-g) 393.4 × 431.0 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Woolahra, Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
(g) inscribed in green paint l.r.: John Olsen '62
inscribed in yellow paint l.r.: Summer in the / You Beaut Country
Accession Number
A12.a-g-1978
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Frank McDonald, Fellow, 1978
© Estate of John Olsen/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)
Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
complexity (artistic concept) dots gold (colour) linearity (form concept) lines (artistic concept) wave pattern

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