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Bomb

PLAIN JANE, Melbourne (fashion house), Gavin BROWN (designer)
Bomb
 1984

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
320.0 × 99.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2009

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
2009.7

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Fabric length. Cotton with purple and aqua screenprinted design on white ground. Repeat design includes clocks, bombs, globes, cornucopia and curvilinear motifs.

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