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The Director’s Choice audio tour: part 2

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Central Java, Indonesia
Amitabha Buddha late 8th century - mid 9th century
andesite, 105 x 88 x 65cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2000

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Lopburi, Thailand
Standing crowned Buddha 12th - 13th century
copper alloy, 86 x 27 x 16cm overall; 105 x 27 x 16cm object with base
Gift of the Art Gallery Society 2002

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China
A pair of tomb guardian figures late 6th century - early 7th century
earthenware with traces of red and orange pigment over white slip, each 92/93 x 39 x 23cm - with base
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1990

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Jingdezhen ware, China
Dish with bouquet design 1403-24
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, 7.4 x 40.9cm
Bequest of Kenneth Myer 1993

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Japan
Nô theatre costume circa 1800
silk and gold; ikat dyed threads for the warp; brocade weave using flat strips of gilt paper, 134.5 x 137cm
Purchased with funds provided by the VisAsia Dinner Fund to commemorate the Goddess: Divine Energy exhibition 2006

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518. Download

Kanô Einô (Japan, b.1631, d.1697)
Pine, bamboo and plum blossom 17th Century
pair of six-fold screens; colour and gold on paper, each screen: 167 x 359.5cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1994

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Yoon Kwang-cho (Korea, b.1946)
Punch’ông ware jar circa 1990
stoneware with slip decoration, 39 x 31cm
Purchased with assistance from an anonymous donor 1992

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Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, b.1901, d.1966)
Woman of Venice VII 1956
bronze, 117 x 16 x 36cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1994 © Alberto Giacometti/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney 2008

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611. Download

Anselm Kiefer (Germany; France, b.1945)
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss 2004
oil, emulsion, acrylic and sand on canvas with concrete staircase, 420 x 560cm
Purchased with funds provided by Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth and Catriona and Simon Mordant 2006 © Anselm Kiefer

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany, b.1880, d.1938)
Three bathers 1913
oil on canvas, 197.5 x 147.5cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 1984 © Ingeborg & Dr Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern

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618. Download

Pablo Picasso (Spain; France, b.1881, d.1973)
Nude in a rocking chair 1956
oil on canvas, 196 x 130.8cm
© Pablo Picasso, Succession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney 2008

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Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (Australia, b.circa 1937, d.2002)
Limmen Bight River Country 1992
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 243.5 x 243.5 x 3.7cm
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1992
© Courtesy of the Estate of the artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

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Rusty Peters (Australia, b.1935)
Waterbrain 2002
natural pigments on linen canvas, eight panels: 180.0 x 150.0cm, 180.0 x 1200.0cm overall
© Rusty Peters. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney 2008

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Freddie Timms (Australia, b.circa 1946)
Jack Yard 2004
diptych: earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on linen canvas, each panel 150 x 180cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Contempo Group 2005 © Freddie Timms. Jirruwun Arts

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Cy Twombly (United States of America; Italy, b.1928)
Three studies from the Temeraire 1998-99
oil on canvas (triptych)
Joint acquisition with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation © Cy Twombly. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, London

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James Angus (Australia; United States of America, b.1970)
Bugatti Type 35 2006
steel, aluminium, fibreglass, rubber, leather, automotive lacquer, 193.0 x 115.0 x 366cm
Purchased with funds provided by Andrew Cameron, the Contemporary Collection Benefactors and the Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 2006 © James Angus, Courtesy Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

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