Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
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Accession Number | ART91238 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 25.4 x 30.4 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | crayon rubbing with textile dye on coated paper |
Maker |
Nolan, Sidney |
Place made | France: Paris |
Date made | April 1958 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
[Gallipoli landscape]
Description
Monochromatic landscape created using rubbing transfer technique with crayon strokes in the foreground suggestive of a donkey.
This work was presented by Sidney Nolan, along with 251 other Nolan's from the 'Gallipoli' series, in memory of the artist's brother Raymond who drowned in 1945 on his return from military service at the end of the Second World War.