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It seems to be a simple image of an ordinary shop, but its simplicity is deceptive. There’s a complex interaction of lines of sight, for a start; and the jokey inclusion of the silhouetted figure opens up the interior space to the space outside the shop, outside the pictorial space even. And there’s
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81.0 cm × 114.0 cm (31.9 in × 44.9 in)
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in 1982 and is now part of its Australian Art collection.
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Fashion
Menswear (band)

John Brack
1953
National Gallery of Australia
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=86648
1953
John Brack
mannequins
Magritte
Melbourne Grammar School
high street
National Gallery of Australia
"The art of the forgotten people"
Institute of Public Affairs
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John Brack
The New House
Men's Wear
Three of the Players
The Block
The Bar
Collins St., 5 pm

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