| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART92642 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 15.5 x 25 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | spiral binding, cardboard covers; pen and black and blue ink, charcoal on paper |
| Maker |
Heysen, Nora |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
|
[Sketchbook containing seven drawings of figures and heads]
Description
Sketchbook containing seven pages of preparatory pen and ink and charcoal drawings of figures and heads.
- Figures of soldiers outside a canteen
- upper image: [Back view of a headless seated figure without shirt]; lower image:[ A 300-lb bomb]
- [Sketches of three figures without shirts seen from behind]
- [Wounded figure on a stretcher inside the upper section of a jeep]
- [verso: Three female soldiers' heads]
- [verso: Back view of the figure of a soldier with a female soldier's hand resting on his right shoulder]
- [verso: Back view of the figures of a male and female soldier dancing]