
This complex work contains several of the images which feature in Burra's output in the early 1930s - marbled pediments, many-windowed buildings, large and small figures juxtaposed, emblematic devices and a fragmented pictorial space. Burra wrote to Barbara Ker-Seymer from the Palace Hotel, Lyons that he was, 'just crazy over bird folk now & in Lyon right this moment am studying bird folk from my window in the palace'.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Bird Woman, Duennas, 1932
Date supported
1986
Medium and material
Pencil, ink, watercolour & gouache
Dimensions
56 x 76 cm
Grant
3375
Total cost
13500

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