Cobbers

This sculpture depicts two Australian infantrymen. One is standing about to throw a grenade, while the other kneeling with his rifle in both hands. This is a bronze version of the original plaster version of 'Cobbers' [ART90834]. In 1932 Anderson approached the Australian War Memorial with the notion of producing copies of the plaster version to sell to the public. Later that year, Anderson agreed to sell the original work (and copyright) to the Memorial. The Memorial engaged Melbourne founder, E.J.Gregory, to cast the sculptures in bronze, which he did from a lead model. From 1932 to 1940, approximately 91 copies of 'Cobbers' were cast. They were not editions and were not numbered. This version is one of the 91 copies.