Mines landscape, Mt Isa Accession Number: ART25548
Description
Hard spinifex-tufted ridges were rich in minerals essential for war. First zinc, and lead - then copper for wartime usages, had transformed an isolated belt of western Queensland into a modern hive of industry. A neat cluster of mine buildings, a long-legged haulage shaft, an aggressive chimney stack, partly hide from view a hot sprawling town-ship while far out on the horizon is seen a flat-topped wall of mauve coloured hills.
Details
Accession Number
ART25548
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper
Measurement
sheet: 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Medium
watercolour and black crayon on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain