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Accession Number | ART30257 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 40.4 x 54.4cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | gouache over pencil on cardboard |
Maker |
McClintock, Herbert |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1943-c 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Linemen erecting power pole in excavation, Sydney graving dock
Description
Scene of four men working to erect power lines at Sydney Graving. In the background below a group of work around a crane. The four men in the foreground are exerting a large amount of energy though pulling on a thick rope. The artist utilises social realism as a means to facilitate the viewer's appreciation of the co-operation between workers and heroism of their actions.