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Primitive bird

Primitive bird
 (1954)

Medium
screenprinted cotton
Measurements
326.0 × 90.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Australia
Inscription
printed (vertically) black on white cotton u.l. selvedge: "Primitive Bird" - An Ailsa Graham Art Fabric
Accession Number
2010.154
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Trish Waterfall, Marsalie Eaton and Gail Quilliam, 2010
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Cotton furnishing fabric length featuring a floating grid of repeat design against a green ground. Primitive bird in black outline with decorative brown striping (feathers) surrounded by further geometric patterns and small plant motifs.