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Title

By South Wharf

1946

Artist

Alan Sumner

Australia

10 Nov 1911 – 20 Oct 1994

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Collingwood → Melbourne → Victoria → Australia
    Date
    1946
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    screenprint, printed in colour from 16 stencils
    Edition
    from an edition of 44
    Dimensions
    38.1 x 45.7 cm image
    Credit
    Purchased 1946
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    7699
    Artist information
    Alan Sumner

    Works in the collection

    7

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    "The oil sketch for this was made during the War and I was nearly arrested by security wharf police for daring to make a drawing near ships in port in war time. I convinced them I was a loyal member of the R.A.A.F. on a day's leave. I had to show them what I had done as I prepared to leave".

    Alan Sumner quoted in Roger Butler, 'Alan Sumner screenprints: A catalogue Raisonné', Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, 1993

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Collingwood

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

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