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Title

Painting 1988 - The falsification of history or the bourgeois artist painting the hulk of the sinking ship

1984

Artist

Stieg Persson

Australia

1959 –

  • Details

    Date
    1984
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    diptych: oil, blackboard paint on primed canvas reversed, gold leaf, wood
    Dimensions
    161.5 x 302.5 x 6.0 cm overall :

    a - large panel - left, 161.5 x 161.7 x 4 cm, stretcher

    b - small panel - right, 143.2 x 140.7 x 6 cm, overall

    Signature & date

    Signed and dated u.r. verso panel [a and b], black marker "STIEG PERSSON/... 1984".

    Credit
    Purchased 1986
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    25.1986.a-b
    Copyright
    © Stieg Persson

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  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

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