recto: Seated New Guinean male figure; verso: not titled [portrait of a man] Accession Number: ART29841

Description

Sketched rear-view portrait of a seated New Guinean male figure, wearing a cloth around his waist.

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Accession Number
ART29841
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brown and sanguine crayons with green wash
Measurement
Overall: 38 cm x 28.2 cm
Medium
pastel on paper
Date Made
c. 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by Wendy Dundas 1992
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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