Old woman and cat, Sydney
(1963)
- Medium
- gelatin silver photograph
- Measurements
- 36.8 × 59.7 cm (image and sheet)
- Accession Number
- PH71-1969
- Department
- Australian Photography
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the KODAK (Australasia) Pty Ltd Fund, 1969
© David Beal
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney - Gallery location
- Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia - About this work
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David Beal’s photograph of a Sydney back alley captures the sheer joy that the companionship of cats can bring. This gritty late 1960s social realist study is simultaneously poignant, joyful and wonderfully ironic. These are the very qualities that many amateur photographers strive to achieve in the now millions of pictures and videos of cats that saturate the internet.