Accession Number | ART91132 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 35 x 25.2 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | gouache on paper |
Maker |
Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth |
Place made | Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin |
Date made | 1999 |
Conflict |
East Timor, 1999-2013 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Corporal Alicia Carr, Darwin
Description
Nude portrait of Corporal Alicia Carr wearing a hat. 'I met Alicia in the mess at Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The first time I saw her she was pretending to hit a large male soldier and laughing vivaciously. She later told me that her boyfriend (also in the army) was in East Timor. He'd asked for a photo of her. She thought she'd like to send him a nude drawing instead. We agreed it would be fun to pose her in her army boots and hat.' Wendy Sharpe, conversation with Betty Snowden, 29 May 2000.