Place | Asia: Vietnam |
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Accession Number | ART40552 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 30.5 x 45.7 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas on hardboard |
Maker |
Fletcher, Bruce |
Place made | Vietnam |
Date made | 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
On the beach, Phuoc Hai, Vietnam
Description
Figures on the beach at Phuoc Hai, Vietnam. Three hoochies (tents) in the sand at left. Official war artist Bruce Fletcher painted the scene to capture the sense of freedom, the Australian soldiers 'relaxing, forgetting the war and having a swim.' (Bruce Fletcher, oral history, AWM2019.238.3)