A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945: embossed olive-green faux leather volume containing 35 pages of prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels

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Accession Number ART90933
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 39.4 x 30.5 x 3.4cm
Object type Artist's book
Physical description drypoints printed on Japanese Mulberry paper mounted on watercolour paper; watercolour on paper
Maker Parkin, Ray
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1943-1956
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The cover is embossed olive green paper (faux leather), stitched with green paper and lined with green shot silk. The volume contains 35 pages, with 33 prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels. Each page has printed inscriptions.

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