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Earth song
(1969)
from the Earth song series 1969

Medium
type C photograph
Measurements
25.4 × 16.6 cm (image and sheet)
Inscription
stamped in ink on support reverse c.: KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE / Photography by / JOHN CATO / 125 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE 3000
inscribed in blue ballpoint pen on support reverse l.c.r.: Camera Nikon F / Lens Nikkor - S 5cm / Film Ektachrome X / Processing Bond Colour Laboratories.
printed in ink on paper on accompanying card: Dear Earth / sweet mother / torn from hope, / her rivers drain / their dying blood
Accession Number
PH402.41-1971
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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