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Accession Number | ART22845 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 45.4 x 60.8 cm Frame: 64.5 x 80cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas on plywood |
Maker |
Herman, Sali |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
POW compound, Torokina
Description
The artist painted this picture before the surrender. At that time there were only about eight prisoners in the compound. A whitish-looking dead tree, with angular branches against the background was standing there like a symbol of a gallows.
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