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Original artwork viewed in a gallery

The painting above was viewed at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

To create an end-text reference in the Harvard style for a physical artwork, we need to follow the following formatting pattern:

The Harvard end-text reference for this artwork will be:

The in-text reference will look like this:

Notes:

• If you don't know the name of the artist, list the name of the work of art first.
• When describing the type of artwork, use as much detail as is relevant. You may wish to include the size of the artwork here too.
• Use the abbreviation c. (circa) for an approximate date, or n.d. (no date) if you don't know the date.
• Private collections do not need to include a location.

Artwork reproduced in a book

If the artwork you are referencing was viewed in a book, the in-text and end-text citations will be for the book in which you found the image of the artwork. To create an end-text reference in the Harvard style, we need to follow the following formatting pattern:

The Harvard end-text reference for an image of an artwork in a book would look like this:

The in-text reference will include the details of the artwork as well as the citation for the book: