On the beach, Phuoc Hai, Vietnam

Place Asia: Vietnam
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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)

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