Painting

Painting
 1954

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
70.0 × 95.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.c.: R Balson . / 54/
inscribed in chalk on reverse u.l.: RALPH BALSON / "PAINTING" 30gns
Accession Number
2004.139
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
© Ralph Balson 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
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
colours (hues or tints) layers (components) rectangles shape (form attribute) square (shape)

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