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Kangaroo

Unknown artist, 1900s

56 cm × 1 m

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1 m
Width: 56 cm
Medium: tempera on bark
Kind: Painting
Made in: Australia, Western Arnhem Land, 20th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 100 x 54 cm (39 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 54 cm × 1 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Annette Mathias and Children

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 56 cm × 1 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Annette Mathias and Children.
How was it made?: Tempera on bark, made in Australia, Western Arnhem Land, 20th century, Australia, Western Arnhem Land, 20th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.