Accession Number | ART94885 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Sheet: 40.3 x 55.9 cm; Image: 30.7 x 38.5 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil, ink and gouache on paper |
Maker |
Frith, John |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1962 |
Conflict |
Period 1960-1969 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
[Knife fight between Pakistan and India]
Description
The two leaders circle the ground with knives in their hands.
The tension between India and Pakistan in 1962 represented the siding of Pakistan with China during the Sino-Chinese war and it preceded the
The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 which comprised of a number of skirmishes between between Pakistan and India from April 1965 to September 1965.