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Syd Jackson, covered vase

Syd Jackson, covered vase
 2015

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 49.1 × 30.0 × 29.4 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on base u.c.: RU735-15
Accession Number
2015.461.a-b
Department
First Nations Australia
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2015
© Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The outstanding Indigenous footballer, Syd Jackson played for the Carlton Blues in the 1970 VFL Grand Final when Carlton defeated their arch rival the Collingwood Magpies, by coming from 44 points down at half time: the greatest ever Grand Final comeback in VFL history.