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Woman and sea

Woman and sea
 (c. 1955-c. 1956)

Medium
brush and ink wash
Measurements
56.7 × 38.6 cm (image) 56.7 × 38.6 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen (in image) l.r.: Joy Hester-
inscribed in purple chalk on reverse l.l.: Woman & Sea. / No.61 / NFS.
inscribed in ballpoint pen on reverse l.l.: 56
Accession Number
1997.117
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria from the Bequest of Violet Dulieu, Founder Benefactor, 1997
© Joy Hester Estate/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Depicts the bust of a woman rising up out of the sea, her face surrounded by windswept hair and silhoutted against a dark, stormy sky.