[Gallipoli soldiers in action] Accession Number: ART91385

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Gallipoli soldiers in action (referring to links between Anzacs and a phalanx of soldiers in ancient Greece, Homeric wars). Nolan stated (interview 13 April 1978) that this work represents a phalanx of soldiers as in Ancient Greece.

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Accession Number
ART91385
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Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Overall: 52.2 cm x 63.8 cm
Medium
textile dye on coated paper
Date Made
c 1961
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist in memory of his brother Raymond 1978
Copyright
AWM copyright

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