Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(a-d) (170.0 × 144.0 cm) (overall)
(a-d) 185.0 × 159.0 cm (framed) (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation in memory of Tam and Anne Purves, Founders of Australian Galleries, 1956, by their children, Toby, Caroline and Stuart, Founder Benefactor, 2002
© Arthur Boyd’s work reproduced with the permission of Bundanon Trust, https://www.bundanon.com.au
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
(a-d) inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Arthur Boyd
Accession Number
2002.3.a-d
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
art dealers brush strokes busts (general, figures) impasto Purves, Anne women (female humans)
Movements
Angry Penguins Antipodeans
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