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2020
1 Jan 2020 — 31 Dec 2020
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17 Aug 2019 — 25 Aug 2019
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9 Nov 2019
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Collection Highlights

Jenny Watson Australian artist in a bar in New York in the year 2016 1986 synthetic polymer paint, colour pigments, gouache and collage on unprimed cotton canvas The University of Melbourne Art Collection Purchased with funds from the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council 1987
Jenny Watson
'Australian artist in a bar in New York in the year 2016' 1986
Neil Douglas (decorator) John Perceval (potter) Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery (manufacturer) ‘Bowl decorated with Australian wildlife motifs’ c. 1950 glazed earthenware The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest 1973 © Dr Elizabeth Arthur
Neil Douglas (decorator) & John Perceval (potter)
'Bowl decorated with Australian wildlife motifs' c. 1950
Robert Prenzel ‘Untitled (Cockatoo)’ 1915 Australian blackwood and other timbers The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest 1973
Robert Prenzel
‘Untitled (Cockatoo)’ 1915
Weaver Hawkins 'Another Day' 1954 oil on composition board The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Purchased 1954
Weaver Hawkins
'Another Day' 1954
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