Reclining figure

Reclining figure
 1933

Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on cardboard
Measurements
51.0 × 60.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: R de Maistre 1933
incised in paint l.r.: R. de Maistre (underlined)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.r.: R. de Maistre / (...illeg.) / (...illeg.)
Accession Number
2004.164
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
© 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
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Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic colours (hues or tints) diagonal figure-derived form attributes lines (artistic concept) reclining triangles (polygons) women (female humans)

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