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Old Couple in an Art Gallery

Gyorgy Gordon, 1986

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead

Robin Warwick Gibson was formerly chief curator at the National Portrait Gallery and has bequeathed his collection to over three museums through the Art Fund. Gordon was a lecturer at Wakefield College of Art in the North West.

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Title of artwork, date

Old Couple in an Art Gallery, 1986

Date supported

2011

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

62 x 75 cm

Gifted by

Robin Warwick Gibson

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