Grace Cossington Smith
Australia 1892–1984
The bridge in-curve (1930)
tempera on cardboard
83.6 x 111.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1967
Clashing personalities. A string quartet. Post-War trauma. Is harmony possible?
Thrust into a string quartet, crippled Irish cellist Lucy Straughan must choose between isolation and friendship.
What can the morose, math-loving Lucy offer? And will dainty Della Sotheby, hot-headed Pim Connolly and precocious Phoebe Raye ever accept her?
But Lucy has more to give than she realises. Nor is she alone in her troubles.
Meticulously crafted and true to life, A Distant Prospect is a heartwarming coming-of-age story set in nineteen twenties Sydney, Australia.
Read a sample of Chapter One online!