- Bib ID:
- 5514391
- Format:
- Object
- Author:
- Kettle, Alice, 1961-
- Description:
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- ca. 1998
- 4 tapestries: cotton, rayon; 400 x 180 cm. and smaller.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- The embroideries consist of machine stitched rayon, cotton and metallic rayon thread on to canvas backings. The artist estimates that there are five million stitches in Australian Landscapes I-IV and they took eighteen months to create. The panels now hang in the Main Reading Room of the National Library of Australia. The artist states: "This work is inspired by the stunning beauty of the Australian landscape, combined with a response to the collections and study within the National Library of Australia".
- Additional item: 4 watercolour sketches on one sheet, PIC/14669/5.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Warren Horton, 1999. Commissioned in memory of Patsy Hardy, a friend and user of the Library for much of her life.
- Subject:
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