South Pacific Rock Pools (D31)

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About this object

Acrylic on paper featuring several black bordered rock pools filled with red and teal seaweed, blue sea stars, sea snails and shelf fish. The background is light blue with white ripples.

Collection

Avis Higgs Collection

Maker

Avis Higgs; 21 Sep 1918; 17 Oct 2016

Production date

Circa 1949

Production place

Australia

Production period

1940s/20th Century

Production technique

Brush/Painted

Media/Materials

Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Acrylic/Paint/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width x Depth/Length: 755 x 544 x 38mm
Length x Width: 421 x 366mm

Classification terms

Painting
Art
Communication Artifacts

Current rights

Credit line

gifted by Marguerite Beere. Reproduced by kind permission of the Estate of Avis Higgs

Other number(s)

2004/23/8, 8, D31, 26334

Accession number

2004/23/8

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Place made

Australia

Subject category

Wildlife Arts Classification Still Life Beaches and foreshore Public Places Archive classification

Subject auto tags

Head Hairstyle Facial expression Vertebrate White Organ Azure Black Mammal Organism

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