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Notes to Basquiat: Double vision

Notes to Basquiat: Double vision
 2000

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Mr Henry Gillespie, Governor, 2000
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
152.3 × 182.7 cm
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse : G Bennett 19-5-2000 / "NOTES TO BASQUIAT : DOUBLE VISION" / Acrylic on Linen 152 x 182.5 cms / Jean Cocteau "orpheus" / MIRRORS WOULD DO WELL / TO REFLECT MORE"
Accession Number
2000.203
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Mr Henry Gillespie, Governor, 2000
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett
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)
Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
appropriation (imagery) Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) Basquiat, Jean-Michel heads (representations) postcolonialism racial discrimination words (layout features)
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)

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