Painting, Noel Jones, Stone Quarry, 1974

Historical information

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Physical description

View of a quarry. In the centre of the image a conveyor belt runs up from a pile of rubble to a small hut on tall stilts. A conveyor belt runs down from this hut to an orange truck. Below and to either side of the stilted building are two wooden buildings with tin rooves. A stilted tower is depicted in maroon to the left, and another in the distance to the right. Mounds, painting in brown, yeloow, grey and shades of blue run across the centre of the image, below a sky washed with blue and highlighted with orange. Mounted in a decorative matt, in wooden frame with glass.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: N. W. Jones 74 (lower left, blue paint)
Back: 1974 (upper left, pencil)

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