Swimmer Accession Number: ART91249

Description

Gallipoli swimmer.

This work was presented by Sidney Nolan, along with 251 other Nolan's from the 'Gallipoli' series, in memory of the artist's brother Raymond who drowned in 1945 on his return from military service at the end of the Second World War.

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Accession Number
ART91249
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Overall: 30.4 cm x 25.4 cm
Medium
coloured crayon with textile dye on coated paper
Date Made
1 October 1958
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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