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The disinherited

The disinherited
 (c. 1955)

Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
59.7 × 45.7 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: MM (monogram) (boxed)
inscribed in pen and ink on paper label on reverse u.l.: THE DISINHERITED / 20 GNS. / MARGO MAHOOD / 22 STAWELL ST / KEW / ---- / "Lost in a world they do not understand / Robbed of their dream, their freedom and / their land, / Gone is their heritage - and all their share / The tawdry trifles that the white can spare" / (McCullagh)
Accession Number
1998.126
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Ms Sally McRae, Member, 1998
© MTH Mahood
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)
Cityscapes Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation) half figures indigenous people racial discrimination social issues social realism urban areas women (female humans)