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Title

Head

1937

Artist

Peter Purves Smith

Australia

26 Mar 1912 – 23 Jul 1949

Details

Date

1937

Media categories

Pastel , Drawing

Materials used

pastel, charcoal, pencil on cardboard

Dimensions

73.2 x 49.5

Credit

Purchased 1982

Location

Not on display

Accession number

247.1982

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Peter Purves Smith
Works in the collection

7

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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
- Peter Purves Smith:
  - Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra 08 Mar 2001–15 Apr 2001
  - Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 03 Sep 2001–15 Oct 2001

Other works by Peter Purves Smith

Gaderene swine Peter Purves Smith circa 1949 1.2002

From a window in Pimlico (Battersea Power Station) Peter Purves Smith 1940 152.1986

Dancer (Spinning top) Peter Purves Smith circa 1949 3.2002

The man who never moved Peter Purves Smith 1939 4.2002

See all 7 works