Medium
enamel paint on paper on composition board
Measurements
98.0 × 132.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
© Charles Blackman/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in chalk on reverse c.r.: BOAT / C. BLACKMAN
Accession Number
3341-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
blue (colour) boats cast shadows hulls
Movements
Antipodeans
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