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''Collins St., 5 pm'' is a 1955 painting by Australian artist National Gallery of Victoria Acquisition 1956
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''Collins St., 5pm''
- National Gallery of Victoria collection. Paintings by John Brack Paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria 1955 paintings Arts in Melbourne {{20C-painting-stub
''Collins St., 5 pm'' is a 1955 painting by Australian artist John Brack
John Brack (10 May 1920 – 11 February 1999) was an Australian painter, and a member of the Antipodeans group. According to one critic, Brack's early works captured the idiosyncrasies of their time "more powerfully and succinctly than any Aust ...
. The painting depicts office workers walking along busy Collins Street in Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
after finishing work for the day"Blank-faced office workers hurry by like sleep-walkers, thinking only of the pubs or their homes in the suburbs".
Brack conceived the work after reading T. S. Eliot's 1922 poem ''The Waste Land
''The Waste Land'' is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the Octob ...
''.
It is considered a companion piece to Brack's earlier work '' The Bar''.
The painting was purchased from Peter Bray Gallery for the National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...
's permanent Australian art collection and is exhibited in the Ian Potter Centre in Federation Square
Federation Square (colloquially Fed Square) is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy ra ...
in Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
./ref> In 2011, ''Collins St., 5 pm'' was voted the most popular work in the collection of the
National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...
.
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''Collins St., 5pm''
- National Gallery of Victoria collection. Paintings by John Brack Paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria 1955 paintings Arts in Melbourne {{20C-painting-stub