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Lamp
1931

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
30.2 × 16.8 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1990
© Courtesy of the artist's estate

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Yarraville, Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
incised in base: Merric Boyd / 1931

Accession Number
D18-1990

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

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Physical description
Lamp modelled as three sinuous tree trunks supporting a canopy of windswept branches above a dome designed for a light fitting and decorated with two gum leaves in relief, the whole decorated in mottled green with dark blue on the foliage and roots of the trees