Gypsies of Naples, 1986-1988
Digital
Scope and contents
Shows the faces of two gypsies, a man and woman and the face of a goat. There is a group of dogs above them, and below there are boats on the Bay of Naples. A red and orange border, perhaps from Mount Vesuvious surrounds them. The name 'Anna' is formed into the woman's hair lower right and she is wearing a flower in her hair.
On the reverse of this drawing is a loose pencil sketch of two faces at H2019.292/19A. There are notes in pencil: 1 small, 5 new normal, 21 normal, Jezebel, small Aussie, round one, Gianni, Ann Bolyen.
Dates
- 1986-1988
Creator
- Myers, Vali, 1930-2003 (Artist, Person)
Conditions governing use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Copyright status
This work is in copyright.
Extent
2 drawings (on 1 sheet) : pen, sepia, burnt sienna and watercolour, pencil ; 33 x 22.5 cm
General note
Signed and dated in sepia ink lower right: Vali Myers 1986-88.
Inscribed in sepia ink lower left: dedicated to the Gypsies of Naples.
Text inscribed in image lower right below an image of a lion: Children of the Lion.
Reproduced in catalogue, 'Vali Myers: Between the dusk and dawn, Bundoora, La Trobe Unversity, 2013', p. 61.
Exhibited: Vali Myers: Between the Dusk and the Dawn, Latrobe University Museum of Art, Bundoora, 2013.
Creator
- Myers, Vali, 1930-2003 (Artist, Person)
- Box: LTFBOX/MYERS Box 2 (Graphic materials)
Repository details
Part of the Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
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