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(Double head)

Peter PURVES SMITH
(Double head)
 1947

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
81.8 × 62.3 cm

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

Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Moss Vale, New South Wales

Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.r.: PURVES SMITH / 1947

Accession Number
2004.212

Department
Australian Painting

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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
circles (plane figures) colours (hues or tints) hairstyles nudes (representations) shape (form attribute) women (female humans)

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