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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
Oil Paintings
Paintings
Themes
Art and Design
First Peoples
Material
Masonite
Oil Paint
Width
102 cm
Height or length
72 cm
Inscriptions and markings

Signed lower right in black oil paint 'Elizabeth Durack'

Keywords
Figurative
Indigenous
Place made
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
Last modified
Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
Completeness
88
City of Fremantle Art Collection

City of Fremantle Art Collection

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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