Collection Online
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
(a-d) 28.7 × 19.7 cm (overall)
Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: G-A Pia Patrizi (A underlined twice)
(b) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: G / B PIA PARTIZI
(c) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: G / C PIA PATRIZI
(d) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: G / D PIA PARTIZI
typed on accompanying paper label: PIA PATRIZI / Pia Patrizi is married with three children. She worked / in her first job for ten years making corrugated metal / sheets, and has been working for nine years in her / present job as a spot welder. / In late 1982 there were retrenchments in her workplace / and in 1983 the remainder of the workers were given / the option of a trial period of 12 weeks on a four-day / week for everyone or a further 18 retrenchments. No / bonuses are allowed during this 12-week period. / Pia Patrizi’s take-home pay is now $140. Her husband / was retrenched in November 1982 and is presently / unemployed. / PIA PATRIZI came from Italy in 1960.
Accession Number
PH289.a-d-1984
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1984
© Viv Méhes
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
Gallery location
Not on display