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Fire's On
Arthur Streeton
Painted at the Lapstone tunnel cutting in the Blue Mountains, on the day a worker was killed by a blast.
- Artist
- Arthur Streeton
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 183.8 × 122.5 cm
- Location
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
History
What the record shows
Streeton worked on site in extreme heat, recording the raw sandstone and the shout that warns of detonation.
The tall canvas requires vertical handling and a purpose-made travelling frame for any movement.
Provenance
Chain of ownership
- 01Purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1893
