synthetic polymer paint on canvas
61.5 x 122.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2017
2017.410
© Margaret Worth/ Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia ">
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Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law c.1872–78 as part of The John Herbert Public Conservation Project
"> Le Monocle, the bar. On the left is Lulude Montparnasse (c. 1932); (c. 1979) {printed}
(Au bar du Monocle, Montparnasse, Paris)
from The secret of Paris in the 30s series 1931–35
gelatin silver photograph
27.7 x 22.7 cm (image) 30.0 x 23.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1980
PH183-1980
"> The sleep of reason produces monsters (1797-1798)
(El sueño de la razón produce monstruos)
plate 43 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799
etching and aquatint printed in sepia ink
18.3 x 12.2 cm (image) 21.5 x 15.1 cm (plate) 24.2 x 16.7 cm (sheet)
1st edition
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
P1.43-1976
"> The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm 1837
oil on canvas
76.4 x 114.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
3359-4
"> The nun (c. 1915-1920)
oil on cardboard
71.2 x 52.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947
1721-4
"> England 1903–17
Pank-a-Squith c. 1909
board game: chromolithograph on paper on buckram covered board
figurines: lead
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Shaw Research Library
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family Suffrage Research Collection
"> Stylist: Nat Turnbull
">
"> Le Monocle, the bar. On the left is Lulude Montparnasse (c. 1932); (c. 1979) {printed}
(Au bar du Monocle, Montparnasse, Paris)
from The secret of Paris in the 30s series 1931–35
gelatin silver photograph
27.7 x 22.7 cm (image) 30.0 x 23.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1980
PH183-1980
"> The sleep of reason produces monsters (1797-1798)
(El sueño de la razón produce monstruos)
plate 43 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799
etching and aquatint printed in sepia ink
18.3 x 12.2 cm (image) 21.5 x 15.1 cm (plate) 24.2 x 16.7 cm (sheet)
1st edition
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
P1.43-1976
"> The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm 1837
oil on canvas
76.4 x 114.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
3359-4
"> The nun (c. 1915-1920)
oil on cardboard
71.2 x 52.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947
1721-4
"> England 1903–17
Pank-a-Squith c. 1909
board game: chromolithograph on paper on buckram covered board
figurines: lead
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Shaw Research Library
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family Suffrage Research Collection
"> Stylist: Nat Turnbull
">
Curatorial Departments
Japanese born 1975
Reflection Model (Itsukushima) 2013–14
Japanese cypress wood, bass wood, wire
139.0 x 783.0 x 817.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2014
© Takahiro Iwasaki, courtesy of the artist and ARATANIURANO"> She-oak and sunlight (1889)
oil on wood panel
30.4 x 30.1 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Jean Margaret Williams Bequest, K. M. Christensen and A. E. Bond Bequest, Eleanor M. Borrow Bequest, The Thomas Rubie Purcell and Olive Esma Purcell Trust and Warren Clark Bequest, 2019
2019.1159
"> WeltenLinie (2020)
powder-coated stainless steel, mirror, patinated bronze, concrete, wood, burnt wood, fossilised wood, weathered steel, sandstone, stone, marble
585.0 x 1350.5 x 1176.0 cm (installation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, NGVWA, 2021
2020.780
© Courtesy the artist and König Galerie, Berlin "> NENDO, Tokyo (design studio)
Manga chairs #1– #50 (2015)
Medium: stainless steel
Measurements: various
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bruce Parncutt AO and Robin Campbell, Michael and Emily Tong, 2018
© Courtesy Nendo and Friedman Benda
"> Agathon LÉONARD (modeller)
Dancer with scarf her knee raised, from The Scarf Dance table centrepiece, model no. 12 1898 {modelled}; (1923) {manufactured}
(Danseuse à l’écharpe genou levé, from the table centrepiece Le Jeu de L’Écharpe)
porcelain (biscuit, hard paste)
53.0 x 35.0 x 16.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
2021.542
"> Alexander McQUEEN (designer)
Ball gown 2006 {Widows of Culloden collection, autumn-winter 2006-07}
silk, crinoline, metal (fastenings)
197.0 cm (centre back) 32.0 cm (waist, flat)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
2021.91
© Alexander McQueen "> History repeats 2022
found vintage kitsch objects and timber
120.0 x 300.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, James Farmer and Rutti Loh, Nicholas Smith, The JTM Foundation and Donors to the 2023 First Nations Art Dinner, 2023
2023.345
© Courtesy of the Artist & Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney "> Trilogy of the desert: Mirage (1946)
oil on canvas
36.1 x 59.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Eugenie Crawford Bequest, Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest, The Nigel Peck AM and Patricia Peck Fund, Morry Fraid AM and The Spotlight Foundation, The Fox Family Foundation, Ken Harrison AM and Jill Harrison, The Hansen Little Foundation, The Betsy and Ollie Polasek Endowment and donors to the 2018 NGV Foundation Annual Dinner and 2018 NGV Annual Appeal, 2017
2017.453
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/VEGAP, Madrid. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia "> Untitled #4 (2015); (2017) {printed}
from the Behold series 2015
inkjet print
95.5 x 120.0 cm (image) 127.1 x 142.8 cm (sheet)
ed. 2/5
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
2018.37
© Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane "> Dante running from the Three Beasts (1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90)
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk
37.3 x 52.8 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
988-3
">
Reflection Model (Itsukushima) 2013–14
Japanese cypress wood, bass wood, wire
139.0 x 783.0 x 817.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2014
© Takahiro Iwasaki, courtesy of the artist and ARATANIURANO"> She-oak and sunlight (1889)
oil on wood panel
30.4 x 30.1 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Jean Margaret Williams Bequest, K. M. Christensen and A. E. Bond Bequest, Eleanor M. Borrow Bequest, The Thomas Rubie Purcell and Olive Esma Purcell Trust and Warren Clark Bequest, 2019
2019.1159
"> WeltenLinie (2020)
powder-coated stainless steel, mirror, patinated bronze, concrete, wood, burnt wood, fossilised wood, weathered steel, sandstone, stone, marble
585.0 x 1350.5 x 1176.0 cm (installation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, NGVWA, 2021
2020.780
© Courtesy the artist and König Galerie, Berlin "> NENDO, Tokyo (design studio)
Manga chairs #1– #50 (2015)
Medium: stainless steel
Measurements: various
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bruce Parncutt AO and Robin Campbell, Michael and Emily Tong, 2018
© Courtesy Nendo and Friedman Benda
"> Agathon LÉONARD (modeller)
Dancer with scarf her knee raised, from The Scarf Dance table centrepiece, model no. 12 1898 {modelled}; (1923) {manufactured}
(Danseuse à l’écharpe genou levé, from the table centrepiece Le Jeu de L’Écharpe)
porcelain (biscuit, hard paste)
53.0 x 35.0 x 16.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
2021.542
"> Alexander McQUEEN (designer)
Ball gown 2006 {Widows of Culloden collection, autumn-winter 2006-07}
silk, crinoline, metal (fastenings)
197.0 cm (centre back) 32.0 cm (waist, flat)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
2021.91
© Alexander McQueen "> History repeats 2022
found vintage kitsch objects and timber
120.0 x 300.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, James Farmer and Rutti Loh, Nicholas Smith, The JTM Foundation and Donors to the 2023 First Nations Art Dinner, 2023
2023.345
© Courtesy of the Artist & Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney "> Trilogy of the desert: Mirage (1946)
oil on canvas
36.1 x 59.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Eugenie Crawford Bequest, Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest, The Nigel Peck AM and Patricia Peck Fund, Morry Fraid AM and The Spotlight Foundation, The Fox Family Foundation, Ken Harrison AM and Jill Harrison, The Hansen Little Foundation, The Betsy and Ollie Polasek Endowment and donors to the 2018 NGV Foundation Annual Dinner and 2018 NGV Annual Appeal, 2017
2017.453
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/VEGAP, Madrid. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia "> Untitled #4 (2015); (2017) {printed}
from the Behold series 2015
inkjet print
95.5 x 120.0 cm (image) 127.1 x 142.8 cm (sheet)
ed. 2/5
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
2018.37
© Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane "> Dante running from the Three Beasts (1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90)
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk
37.3 x 52.8 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
988-3
">
The old oak 1662
oil on canvas
101.0 x 144.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
2252-4
"> Zijeme [We live], June 1931 1931
journal: lineblock reproductions and letterpress text
25.5 x 17.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2021
2021.554.3
© Ladislav Sutnar / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia "> Nookamka - Lake Bonney 2007
watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas
74.2 x 203.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008
2008.7
© Nici Cumpston ">
oil on canvas
101.0 x 144.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
2252-4
"> Zijeme [We live], June 1931 1931
journal: lineblock reproductions and letterpress text
25.5 x 17.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2021
2021.554.3
© Ladislav Sutnar / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia "> Nookamka - Lake Bonney 2007
watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas
74.2 x 203.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008
2008.7
© Nici Cumpston ">