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Scale from the tool

Scale from the tool
 1976

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
(a-g) 213.8 × 90.6 × 3.4 cm irreg. (installed)
Inscription
(a) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 1/3/76
(b) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 2/3/76
(c) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 3/3/76
(d) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 4/3/76
(e) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 5/3/76
(f) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 6/3/76
(g) inscribed in red fibre-tipped pen on reverse: 7/3/76
Accession Number
1996.391.a-g
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Michell Endowment, 1978. Transferred to the Permanent Collection, 1996
© Robert MacPherson
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
brown (colour) brush strokes rectangles
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)
Physical description
Painting (7 panels) The first panel is a single downward stroke, the second panel a single upward stroke and the third panel a combination of both. The four large remaining panels show variations of these three basic gestures.