The swimming pool
(1925)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 51.0 × 61.1 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in black paint l.l.: C Wheeler
- Accession Number
- 1772-3
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
© Estate of Charles Wheeler
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Leisure, Games and Sport
- Subjects (specific)
- nudity reflections (perceived properties) swimmers swimming pools women (female humans)
- Frame
- Original, by John Thallon, Melbourne, possibly recycled
Frame
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Frames in this Louis XV revival style appear on paintings over a long time span.
- Framemaker
- John Thallon
Melbourne - Date
- 1896-1908
- Materials
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The frame is made using composition ornament on a wooden chassis. The surface is matte gilded with false gold throughout. Fine textured fabric has been applied to the inner scotia to replicate a fine net base.
- Condition
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Good original condition throughout.
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 75.3 x 5.0 cm; sight 49.5 x 59.7 cm