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Dear death

Dear death
 (1990)

Medium
self-adhesive plastic tape on thermo-setting laminate
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of David McDiarmid, 1998
© David McDiarmid/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
self-adhesive plastic tape on thermo-setting laminate
Measurements
60.6 × 61.1 cm
Accession Number
2002.365
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of David McDiarmid, 1998
© David McDiarmid/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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
deaths eyes (animal components) heads (representations) LGBTQ+ mortality reflectivity (optical property) spirals (geometric figures) words (layout features)
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)

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