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Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby

Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQWp0ln

Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby

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Full title

Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby

Date

2005

Call Numbers

XV/181

Record Identifier

9PQWp0ln

Reference Code

1006317

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

1 drawing - visible image 61 x 48.5 cm, on paper 76 x 56.5 cm - charcoal on paper

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Level of description

Item

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years

Copyright holder : Jeff Rigby

Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jeff Rigby

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Charcoal drawing, 2005, from the artists Broken Hill series in the Places of Industry collection, exhibited in 2006

Alternative Titles

Full title

Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby

Notes

General note

Exhibited in 'Places of Industry; When Workers Unite', Trades and Labor Council, Broken Hill, 2006

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right 'Jeff Rigby 05'. Inscribed lower centre margin, 'Wet Tar, Pasminco, Broken Hill'.

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Robin Gibson Gallery, 2016

Administrative / Biographical history

Gold was first discovered in the Barrier Ranges near Broken Hill in the 1860s, although the key period of lucrative exploration for gold, silver, tin and lead did not really begin until 1875, and lasted about 10 years. In 1883, Charles Rasp collected samples of what he thought was tin and these turned out to be the largest and richest lodes of silv...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

XV/181

Record Identifier

9PQWp0ln

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQWp0ln

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Reference code

1006317

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