[Gallipoli landscape with soldier]

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number ART91276
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 30.5 x 25.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description textile dye on coated paper
Maker Nolan, Sidney
Place made United States of America: New York
Date made 1958
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A sombre landscape made up of areas of brown, green and blue thinly applied paint with stick-like lines scraped away. To the left is a figure of a soldier that has been created by Nolan using his finger to scrape away the layers of paint. His hat, face, jacket and puttees are indicated by thin brown brush strokes.