Study at night Accession Number: ART26978

Description

Depicts an unidentified man sitting in tent reading. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia. It has been previously claimed by his daughter that the sitter is Squadron Leader C.E. Hattam RAAF, No. 1 Wireless unit, however research to support this attribution have been inconclusive.

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Accession Number
ART26978
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on hardboard
Measurement
Framed: 46 cm x 58.7 cm x 5.8 cm
Unframed: 32 cm x 43.2 cm
Medium
oil on hardboard
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented 1955
Copyright
External copyright

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