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The block
1954
John BRACK
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Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(59.0 × 71.5 cm)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in black paint
l.l.:
John Brack 54
Accession Number
1999.197
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Dr Joseph Brown, AO, OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 1999
© Helen Brack
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
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Interiors
Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
butcher knives
butcher shops
chopping blocks
cleavers (culinary tools)
linearity (form concept)
meat hook
platform scales
refrigerators
Movements
Antipodeans
Modernism
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Study for The block
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