Description
Gallipoli soldier, horse and gun carriage, with red, yellow and blue streaks of colour lower centre. In an interview 13 April 1978 Nolan said that horses in the Gallipoli series relate to the Homeric mythology of soldiers as horse-breakers rather than to the actual Gallipoli story. He was paralleling this idea with that of the Australian Light horse legend. To Nolan Gallipoli and Troy were one, as were their heroes despite the 3000 years in between, space and time were compressed for Nolan.
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Accession Number
ART91363
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Overall: 52.2 cm x 63.8 cm
Medium
textile dye, coloured crayon on coated paper
Credit Line
presented by the artist in memory of his brother Raymond 1978
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