Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
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Accession Number | ART91219 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 30.4 x 25.4 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | textile dye on coated paper |
Maker |
Nolan, Sidney |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 17 October 1960 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Torso
Description
Male torso. Nolan stated that the limbless figures in the 'Gallipoli' series derive from antique statues which he saw in a museum in Delphi or Athens (from interview 13 April 1978). As a child Nolan saw men who returned from the First World War with missing limbs and statues of naked Greek heroes with their missing limbs would have bore a great resemblance.