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Man reading a newspaper

Man reading a newspaper
 (c. 1957)

Medium
oil on hessian on canvas and cloth
Measurements
86.2 × 111.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint on reverse u.c.: R. JARVIS / 24 CHEPSTOW VILLAS. / LONDON W11. / ENGLAND
inscribed in black paint on reverse c.: "MAN READING A / NEWSPAPER" / PRICE. 70 GNS
Accession Number
349-5
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© the estate of Roland Jarvis
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
brush strokes grey (colour) hands (animal components) men (male humans) newspapers reading (activity)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist through Skinner Galleries, Perth, 1959 as joint winner of Murdoch Prize, 1959.