Book 1 Afghanistan 2010

Accession Number ART96263
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 8.8 x 13.9 cm
Object type Sketchbook
Physical description cardboard and paper
Maker Delaney, Stephen
Date made 2010
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

One of three sketchbooks of drawings of the locations, activities and role of Australians, as well as other members of the mult-national force in Afghanistan, by Stephen Delaney. The sketchbook contains 32 leaves, 34 blank pages and 30 drawings executed in black graphite, some with additional burnt sienna. The sketchbook has a cardboard cover with a sticker of a camouflage soldier figure on the front. The sketchbook is centre stitch bound and the words 'MOLESKIN' are embossed on the back cover.

Stephen Delaney (1954-) is a Canadian Army Reservist and his regiment is the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa. He has completed two tours of Afghanistan; in 2006 and 2010. Delaney has also trained as an artist at the Ottowa School of Art and Emily Carr University in Canada.

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