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Two solitary mystics
1956
Michael SHANNON
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Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
76.4 × 91.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black paint
l.l.:
Shannon 56
Accession Number
3429-4
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
© The Estate of Michael Shannon and Charles Nodrum Gallery
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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