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A Line A Web A World

A Line A Web A World is a constellation of drawings from the Powerhouse Collection that traverses thousands of years and refuses conventional definitions of…
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Fashion drawing, 'Balenciaga Suit, 1959', pencil and wash on paper, E Stemp, [France], 1959 British Fashion, British Style, European Fashion, Fashion Magazines, Pencil And Paper, Harpers Bazaar, Suit Fashion, Freelance, Eric
'BALENCIAGA SUIT' FASHION DRAWING BY E STEMP
Object No. 85/846 This drawing illustrates a garment made by the European Fashion house Balenciaga. It was drawn by Eric Stemp a British fashion illustrator and artist who had originally wanted to be a poster designer but made a successful career as a freelance fashion illustrator. His illustrations accompanied articles in women’s fashion magazines such as “Clothing for the season” in British Vogue and Harpers Bazaar.
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DescriptionFolio of architectural drawings. Folio has cloth tape binding and contains thirty-nine pages with plans for the Sydney Opera House. Jorn Utzon, Cartographer, Structural Engineering, Paper Tape, Engineers, Folios, Constellations, Chief, Architects
FOLIO 'SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE' BY JØRN UTZON, OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS
Object No.2003/34/3-6 The collection is focussed on the work of, and relationship between, Over Arup and Partners the chief structural engineers (Stages 1, 2, and 3), Jørn Utzon, architect for the Sydney Opera House (Stages 1 and 2), and Hall, Todd, Littlemore, architects (Stage 3).
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Sketch B, a drawing of a 4 cylinder steam engine and boiler in black, blue and red pencil on paper. With manuscript notes in pencil by Hargrave. Steam Engine, Mathematician, Boiler, New South Wales, Lawrence, Cylinder, Sydney, March
DRAWING OF A FOUR CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER BY LAWRENCE HARGRAVE
Object No.P3321-23/2 Drawing, depicting a four cylinder steam engine and boiler, paper, Lawrence Hargrave, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1897
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March 4 Justice protest sign. This hand-made sign by Pip Cummings is made from a recycled cardboard box, acrylic paint, metallic paint pen and stickers. It has a black background on both sides. On one side the words ‘I BELIEVE HER’ are written in colourful letters with images of lightning bolts and stars. Protest Signs, March 4, Gender Equality, Cummings, Text Me, One Sided, Threat, Gathered
PROTEST SIGN, MARCH 4 JUSTICE SIGN MADE BY PIP CUMMINGS WITH THE TEXT 'I BELIEVE HER’
Object No.2021/93/1 On Monday, 15 March 2021, many tens of thousands of people, predominantly women, gathered at March 4 Justice protests across Australia to demand gender equality and justice. The protests were organised in response to the unacceptable level of sexual harassment and sexual violence women in Australia experience.
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Physical DescriptionDrawing by Dion Beasley depicting a single black dog running with mouth open and teeth bared, pencil and colour pencil on paper. Australia Country, Beasley, Canteen, Book Publishing, Daily Life, Colored Pencils, Creek
'UNTITLED' (BLACK DOG) BY DION BEASLEY
Object No.2022/63/2 Dion Beasley is an Alywarr man, from Tennant Creek, who is a self-taught artist and illustrator who has published books, created designs for his clothing label and exhibited his works nationally. His father’s country is Owairtilla, also known as Canteen Creek, and his mother’s country is Alpurrurulam, also known as Lake Nash, in the Northern Territory, Australia. Country, daily life and his love of animals, particularly dogs, are the detailed focus of his work.
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Powerhouse Museum
Tablet with incised Sumerian cuneiform pictographic script, receipt for livestock, clay, Drehem, Sumeria, 2041 BCE Pictographic Script, Reverse Text, The Eleven, Sumerian, Eleventh, Maiden, Fed
TABLET WITH SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM PICTOGRAPHIC SCRIPT
Object No.85/452 Terracotta tablet featuring nine horizontal lines of Sumerian cuneiform incised pictographic script on the obverse and reverse. Text on the obverse of the tablet details a receipt issued from Drehem to Alulu for five sheep, one lamb and four grass-fed male kids to be used for a royal offering. The tablet is dated to the eleventh month of the sixth year of Amar-Sin of the Third Dynasty of Ur.
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Powerhouse Museum