Medium
oil and pencil on cardboard
Measurements
39.8 × 49.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Mudge, 1969
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
inscribed in purple ink l.r.: OPIE '60
inscribed in blue ink on reverse: St Mandrier Harbour / '60
inscribed in black ink on reverse: Near Toulon / France
Accession Number
130-6
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Portraits
Subjects (specific)
colours (hues or tints) France (nation) men (male humans) Opie, Roy Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer (inhabited place) self-portraits
Movements
Surrealism
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