[Knife fight between Pakistan and India]

Accession Number ART94885
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
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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.

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