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Title

Untitled

(2006)

Artist

Angus Nivison

Australia

1953 –

  • Details

    Date
    (2006)
    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    charcoal, pastel, synthetic polymer paint, scraping out on paper
    Dimensions
    21.3 x 19.9 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r., "A N".

    Credit
    Gift of the artist 2007
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    254.2007
    Copyright
    © Angus Nivison

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    There are relatively few images of bushfire in Australian art - the best known are Strutt's 'Black Thursday' (1864) and Fred Williams' bushfire drawings and gouaches. Angus Nivison's painting and this related work on paper are powerful and memorable contemporary equivalents.

    © Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007

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