Tombs of thought: fire (February-August 23)

Burnt plantation pine, spotted gum veneer, acrylic,lights; contents selected from the Art Gallery of New South Wales art collection and National Art Archive, including reproductions. Purchased with funds donated by Geoff Ainsworth AM and Johanna Featherstone 2018.

Brook Andrew
Australia b1970
Wiradjuri, Southern Riverine region/
Ngunnawal, South-east region

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States of America; England, b.1834, d.1903) 'Street at Saverne'1858, ,etching 20.7 x 15.7 cm platemark; 21.1 x 16.0 cm sheet. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased 1898.

Street at Saverne

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States of America; England, b.1834, d.1903) 'Fumette' 1858, etching, 16.2 x 10.9 cm platemark; 21.5 x 15.1 cm sheet (irreg.). Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased 1938.

Fumette

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States of America; England, b.1834, d.1903) 'The old rag lady' 1858, etching, 20.9 x 14.7 cm platemark (irreg.); 27.8 x 19.7 cm sheet (irreg.). Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased 1938.

The old rag lady

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States of America; England, b.1834, d.1903) 'The rag gatherers' 1858, etching, 15.4 x 8.9 cm platemark; 22.0 x 14.3 cm sheet (irreg.). Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased 1938.

The rag gatherers

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Tombs of thought

A series of sculptural vitrines by Brook Andrew