The great land can only hope that it will defeat man yet by being so great that it can never be found
1996
- Medium
- oil, earth pigment and metallic filings on canvas
- Measurements
- (a-b) 100.3 × 488.3 cm (overall)
- Inscription
- (a) inscribed in pencil on reverse: Mandy Martin '96 / Left panel diptych
(b) inscribed in pencil on reverse: Mandy Martin '96 / Right Panel Diptych
- Accession Number
- 2001.337.a-b
- Department
- Contemporary Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dato Arthur Tan Boon Shih, Governor, 2001
© Mandy Martin/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
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Landscapes Literary and Text
- Subjects (specific)
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deserts earth (colour) environmental concepts flat landscapes sky text (layout feature)
- Movements
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Contemporary (style of art)
