Item - Test tube baby series no. 4

ID UNSW P 1995/0685 (041973)
Artist Guan WEI (1957 - )
Title Test tube baby series no. 4
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium acrylic on canvas
Materials acrylic pigments, canvas support, stained/painted timber box frame
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 126.50
  Width 48.50
  Depth 4.30
  Other Frame: 128.5 x 50 x 4.3 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location on verso and initialled lower right
  Signed in dark pigment: GW 93
Produced  
  When 1993
  Where Australia, NSW, Sydney
Style Narrative
Subject Politics
Credit Line
Description/Remarks    The ancient and contemporary symbolism in this painting refers to fertility - both the natural and scientifically induced.
Exhibition History Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission Regional Galleries Tour: Qld, NSW, Vic: 1999-2000 (26/03/1998 - 01/10/2000)
Bibliography Belinda Allen and Christopher Allen Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission Macquarie University Sydney 1999, Ill.pg.28
ISBN 1 86408 492 8
©Reproduced with permission.

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