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Echidna Upside Down

1988

John Olsen

Artist, Australian, 1920 - 2023

John Olsen

Attributed to

Medium

5-color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Credit Line

Gift of The Australian Legal Group
Dimensions

sheet: 56.5 x 76.3 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1989.53.7

Media for this artwork is unavailable and the object is not on view. See artworks now on view

The Australian Scapegoat

Arthur Boyd

1988

The Australian Legal Group Contemporary Print Collection

Various Artists

1988

The Glasshouse Mountains

Lawrence Daws

1988

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 17/65; lower center in graphite: Echidna Upside Down; lower right in graphite: John Olsen 88

Markings

BS: VPW

Watermarks

RIVES BFK

Wikidata ID

Q74882956

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