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Elizabeth Durack

Overview

Oil paint on Masonite

Historical information

This work was donated as part of the Claude Hotchin Bequest in 1958.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-7-202

Item type

Themes

Art and Design
First Peoples

Material

Width

102 cm

Height or length

72 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Signed lower right in black oil paint 'Elizabeth Durack'

Keywords

Place made

Perth
Western Australia
Australia

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

City of Fremantle Art Collection

City of Fremantle Art Collection

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Depiction of an Aboriginal child wearing white one piece in the centre of the image. White tent-like structures depicted on the left of the painting, and one to the right in the background. Figure of a skinny white dog is depicted laying down in front of one of the tents on the right. Brownish red ground and blue sky

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