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State series 4

State series 4
 2010

Medium
silk, cotton, linen, 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
silk, cotton, linen, cotton-polyester thread
Measurements
15.1 × 13.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
2011.91
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
Ten small pieces of silk, cotton and linen hand-dyed with natural dyes in shades of soft brown, green, blue, cream and yellow; linked together with connecting cream threads in a grid-like pattern to form a square. Two loops along top edge.

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