watercolour, gouache and pencil on 4 cut and torn joined sheets
Measurements
59.1 × 264.7 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: 1990. 13. August. Simpson Desert 30 miles in from / Old Andado. Stron winds but a bird flashes / black & white around a dead acacia as if on / string caught by the wind. it has a / sweet monotonous call around F Flat. / (musical notation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of Sir Roderick Carnegie in memory of his wife Carmen through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2016
