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Love, defiance and death

Love, defiance and death
 1950

Medium
oil, enamel and metallic paint and ink on plywood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by The Agapitos/Wilson Collection, Fellow, 2002
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil, enamel and metallic paint and ink on plywood
Measurements
35.3 × 49.6 cm
Place/s of Execution
North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Inscription
inscribed in white paint c.r.: Dusan Marek 1950
inscribed in pen and black ink (diagonally) on reverse: LOVE,DEFIANCE, & DEATH
Accession Number
2002.61
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by The Agapitos/Wilson Collection, Fellow, 2002
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
dreams figure-derived form attributes flat (form attributes) grey (colour) knives outlines (linear form) purple (colour) red (colour)
Movements
Surrealism

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