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Homeland

Homeland
 2010

Medium
screenprinted silk (Shantung), silk (organza), natural dyes, cotton-polyester thread
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2011
© Cecilia Heffer
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
screenprinted silk (Shantung), silk (organza), natural dyes, cotton-polyester thread
Measurements
180.5 × 73.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
2011.88
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2011
© Cecilia Heffer
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Textile length constructed from circular pieces of Shantung silk and organza connected together in a grid-like fashion by machine stitched lines of thread. The circles have been screenprinted and the finished length has been dyed with a subtle Eucalyptus dye.

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