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| Accession Number | ART91282 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25.4 x 30.4 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | coloured crayon, textile dye on coated paper |
| Maker |
Nolan, Sidney |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | c 1958 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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[Gallipoli soldier with rifle]
Description
Headless soldier drawn in brown crayon with an arm and leg missing, holding a gun. The composition has been overpainted with horizontal bands of blue, green, yellow, brown and purple. Nolan stated that the stump leg derives from an antique statue which he saw supported by a prop in a museum in Delphi or Athens (from interview 13 April 1978). As a child Nolan saw these men who returned from the First World War with missing limbs and these statues of naked Greek heroes with their missing limbs would have bore a great resemblance. The rifle is also upside down which is a direct reference to Nolan's 'Ned Kelly' series.