Southern Cross
Lenton PARR: artist
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Parr’s statement regarding the work was published in the Western Australian Art Gallery Bulletin, April 1962: ‘This sculpture is a design for an
Australian monumental sculpture intended to stand 20 feet high in an open air setting. It embodies what seems to me to be the simplest and most satisfying of all Australian symbols, the constellation of the Southern Cross’
Australian monumental sculpture intended to stand 20 feet high in an open air setting. It embodies what seems to me to be the simplest and most satisfying of all Australian symbols, the constellation of the Southern Cross’
Title
Southern Cross
Artist/Maker and role
Lenton PARR: artist
Date
1959
Medium
steel
Measurements
89.0 cm
Credit line
Purchased 1960
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1960/00S2