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Cwm Nante

SELWAY, John

© John Selway/Levi Selway/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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abstract It is a landscape based on an area called Cwm Nante in Six Bells where Selway grew up. The black is a reference to the coal tips. The artist acknowledges the influence of the artist Sandra Blow in this work.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 25821

Creation/Production

SELWAY, John
Date: 1961

Acquisition

Gift, 1996
Rhodd Casgliad Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, 2002 Arts Council of Wales Collection, Gifted 2002

Measurements

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(): w(cm) frame:85.6
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(): h(cm) image size:76.0
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(): w(cm) image size:63.0
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Techniques

oil and bitumen on board

Material

oil
board
bitumen

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Art And Design Movements
  • Fine Art
  • Landscape
  • Landscape Features
  • Painting
  • Post 1945
  • Selway, John
  • Welsh Connection

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