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The Chinese statuette by Dorrit Black

The Chinese statuette

Dorrit Black · 1929

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Artist
Dorrit Black
Date
1929
Location
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Dorrit Black

Dorrit Black was an Australian Modernist painter and printmaker who pioneered Cubism in her home country and established Australia's first gallery dedicated to modern art.

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